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4. Read a lot, forget most of what you read, and be slow-witted
I think it goes without saying that my life has been full of books. But reading goes beyond literature, doesn’t it? Newspapers, magazines, comic books, bumper stickers, cereal boxes, email, blog posts, novels, short stories, poetry, music scores, instruction manuals, … Continue reading
A Score of Reading
Based on an entry from my friend the juice, I’ve put together a few short lists, related to my earlier post on the College Board 101 Books Your Child Should be Reading. In no particular order … Ten Books I … Continue reading
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College Board and the Great Books
Found this link at The Rage Diaries. Apparently the College Board (you know, the folks that gave us the SAT and ACT) has put together a list of 101 Great Books recommended to be read by those entering freshman year … Continue reading
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On TS Eliot
I’ve read you, T.S. Eliot, and one thing I don’t get is why between such lovely lines you’re such a pompous twit while sharing arcane references lost on non-scholar types you wail and moan the loss of myth with poncey, … Continue reading
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Miscellaneous
So ends another weekend. We (stardances and I) were hoping to have a quiet weekend to ourselves, just cleaning and organizing and having a very quiet, uneventful time of it. But the lives of teenagers are SO uncertain – it … Continue reading
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Tagged books, computers, Edward Gibbon, ee cummings, Henry Miller, Lady Charlotte Guest, Lewis Turco, Ralph Waldo Emerson, reading
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