youthathletics wrote: ↑Sat Dec 10, 2022 8:02 am
Oh...I wasn't referring to the citizens questioning him, but questioning everyone else but him.
Here's a thought: Old Ben and tRump together in room discussing politics and social philosophy. Old Bennie with all his wisdom and tRump with all his dump.
Thankfully, a Park Ranger was nearby and alerted the services to minimize the damages. I hope they find the bassturd who did this and hang him by the short hairs for an unnecessarily prolonged period of time.
"Lives Like Loaded Guns...reads like a fabulous detective story...[Gordon] takes us into undiscovered territory." --The Washington Post
A great companion to fans of the film A Quiet Passion, starring Cynthia Nixon as Emily Dickinson and the new series Dickinson.
In 1882, Emily Dickinson's brother, Austin, began an adulterous love affair with the accomplished and ravishing Mabel Todd, setting in motion a series of events that would forever change the lives of the Dickinson family. Award-winning biographer Lyndall Gordon tells the story of the feud that erupted-and that still continues today. Making unprecedented use of letters, diaries, and legal documents, Gordon proposes a groundbreaking new solution to the secret behind the poet's insistent seclusion, presenting a woman beyond her time who found love, spirituality, and immortality all on her own terms.
The first major biography of Dickinson in nearly ten years, Lives Like Loaded Guns is a highly acclaimed story of creative genius, illicit passion, and betrayal that will forever change the way we view one of America's most important literary figures.
In 1882, Emily Dickinson's brother, Austin, began an adulterous love affair with the accomplished and ravishing Mabel Todd, setting in motion a series of events that would forever change the lives of the Dickinson family. Award-winning biographer Gordon tells the story of the feud that erupted, and that still continues today.
Contrary to common myth, Miss Emily was withdrawn because of an epileptic condition, not because she was a lovelorn old maid as she has always been portrayed. In fact she was attractive, well spoken, and outgoing with colleagues, friends, and extended family. The book is a bit detailed but it is informative and explodes certain myths about her. I believe it helps to make the poetry more accessible as well.
Read this a while ago but had trouble deciphering what it all meant. After a second reading, it is now becoming a lot more accessible. Strange how after a century, this is probably James's most popular novel nowadays. Perhaps this was because of the subject matter involving the haunting of young children ~ a bit of a sensitive subject for that era. It was also made into several movies, notably The Innocents (1961) with Deborah Kerr. This being the Halloween season, it makes for appropriate seasonal reading.
Re: BOOKS
Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2023 1:39 am
by Brooklyn
My Ántonia by Willa Cather
Life in the Great Plains. Rather unidealized exposure of what life was like in the hinterlands back then.
Re: BOOKS
Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2023 12:46 pm
by RedFromMI
Brooklyn wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2023 9:48 pmTurn of the Screw by Henry James (1898)
Read this a while ago but had trouble deciphering what it all meant. After a second reading, it is now becoming a lot more accessible. Strange how after a century, this is probably James's most popular novel nowadays. Perhaps this was because of the subject matter involving the haunting of young children ~ a bit of a sensitive subject for that era. It was also made into several movies, notably The Innocents (1961) with Deborah Kerr. This being the Halloween season, it makes for appropriate seasonal reading.
It was also made into a Netflix series “The Haunting of Bly Manor” which was a follow up to the Netflix series “The Haunting of Hill House”. Both very good productions based on good underlying books…
The Haunting of Hill House novel is by some considered to be the best of its genre…
It was also made into a Netflix series “The Haunting of Bly Manor” which was a follow up to the Netflix series “The Haunting of Hill House”. Both very good productions based on good underlying books…
The Haunting of Hill House novel is by some considered to be the best of its genre…
Hadn't heard of this before. Will check youtube for videos of the series. Thanx for the tip.
Re: BOOKS
Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2023 1:27 pm
by Kismet
Also recommend 1961's The Innocents which starred Deborah Kerr and 2001's The Others which starred Nicolle Kidman
Cather writes about her usual suspects: social stratification, modernist alienation, life in post war (WW I) America. The book has not generally been popular until recent years because it is now thought to have some LGBT implications which had not been considered in the past.
Just finished Burma Sahib by Paul Theroux. It’s a fictional account of Eric Blair’s years as a policeman in Burma before he became George Orwell. Until August had arrived. I’ll start it today. Gabo’s sons had it published against his will.
Re: BOOKS
Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2024 4:51 pm
by molo
Would Until August have been published had the author not been so famous. Maybe not. It’s short. Read it and decide.
Finished The Hunter, Tana French’s sequel to The Seeker. I enjoyed it, but I wouldn’t start with either of these two if I were getting into her work for the first time. Start with any of her Dublin murder squad books.
Should finish the new Carson McCullers bio tonight. Chock full of literary gossip, but I need to get back to fiction soon.
Re: BOOKS
Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2024 10:23 pm
by Brooklyn
The Vanishing American
Staggering book.
Re: BOOKS
Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2024 6:17 pm
by molo
Should finish “Erasure” tonight. Different setting as well as some plot differences from the movie(“American Fiction”) but both are enjoyable. More Everett should arrive in a couple of days.
Re: BOOKS
Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2024 11:48 pm
by Brooklyn
Martin Eden by Jack London
Historians agree that this book is largely biographical.
Re: BOOKS
Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2024 3:35 pm
by molo
Read “The Trees” by Percival Everett nonstop from start to finish last night. It’s a fictional version of what happened to the woman who falsely accused Emmett Till and her descendants, but that’s not all. My once nit to pick has something to do with the age of one of the main characters.