How many have you read? Favs? Dislikes? Recommendations? Check out the full list of Penguin Books here: www.penguinfirsteditions.com/index.php?cat=main_series001-099
The unboxing edits were pretty slick, gotta say. That list of words from Poet's Pub was satisfying. Do you always write down notable diction from your reads? That sounds like a great idea. (The brief glimpse you offer of your annotations just spurs curiosity all-the-more. Would be nice to see an accumulation of some of your oddest notes to yourself.) Huh, did not expect It's a Battlefield to connect if even only structurally to Mrs. Dalloway. I love a decent attempt at stream-of-consciousness. I don't typically view T.S. Eliot in terms of surrender-he often feels too rigid for that-and yet your summation of his insights feels so right and key for a bodily and reactive artistic process. I love that someone like Eliot can surprise in that way. That is a nice element of what you're doing: you're discovering and re-discovering writers, and some of what you may find is beyond our flattened telling of them. I love this entry in your Penguin run. Am I being too immediate in saying this is your best thus far? Certainly feels that way. A nice combination of known and unknown, with your breakaway illuminations of worth throughout. Really nice!
Ah thanks so much!! Poet’s Pub is such a hidden gem. And good idea about speaking about annotations. I enjoyed your video on annotating very much! You’re so on point about Eliot. I find him very austere at times and the idea of surrender seems much more freewheeling. I suppose we might chalk it up to his piety and strong religious feeling-that spiritual surrender could be replicated in literature or that the two are inextricable. He is a writer that I like to wrangle with. I think I enjoyed making this video a lot-maybe it shows :) Thanks so much for interesting reflections.
How many have you read? Favs? Dislikes? Recommendations?
Check out the full list of Penguin Books here:
www.penguinfirsteditions.com/index.php?cat=main_series001-099
The unboxing edits were pretty slick, gotta say.
That list of words from Poet's Pub was satisfying. Do you always write down notable diction from your reads? That sounds like a great idea. (The brief glimpse you offer of your annotations just spurs curiosity all-the-more. Would be nice to see an accumulation of some of your oddest notes to yourself.)
Huh, did not expect It's a Battlefield to connect if even only structurally to Mrs. Dalloway. I love a decent attempt at stream-of-consciousness.
I don't typically view T.S. Eliot in terms of surrender-he often feels too rigid for that-and yet your summation of his insights feels so right and key for a bodily and reactive artistic process. I love that someone like Eliot can surprise in that way. That is a nice element of what you're doing: you're discovering and re-discovering writers, and some of what you may find is beyond our flattened telling of them.
I love this entry in your Penguin run. Am I being too immediate in saying this is your best thus far? Certainly feels that way. A nice combination of known and unknown, with your breakaway illuminations of worth throughout. Really nice!
Ah thanks so much!! Poet’s Pub is such a hidden gem.
And good idea about speaking about annotations. I enjoyed your video on annotating very much!
You’re so on point about Eliot. I find him very austere at times and the idea of surrender seems much more freewheeling. I suppose we might chalk it up to his piety and strong religious feeling-that spiritual surrender could be replicated in literature or that the two are inextricable. He is a writer that I like to wrangle with.
I think I enjoyed making this video a lot-maybe it shows :)
Thanks so much for interesting reflections.
Im reading Kuki Gallmanns "I dreamed of African " . Great job, Brendan 🎉
Thanks so much, Renee! Sounds interesting:)
From one fellow author to another: hello ☺️
Allready episode 3! I will follow them all :)
You are the best ❤️