What are ya'll reading?

gb68 · Post by **gb68** » Mon Aug 18, 2003 8:19 am

Michele Kort Soul Picnic--The Music and Passion of Laura Nyro

bentonbourbon · Post by **bentonbourbon** » Thu Aug 14, 2003 10:19 am

Love Russell Banks
One of my favorite movies of all time "Affliction" is based on his book ... I also have a handful of his short stories, which are excellent.

SonWilco · Post by **SonWilco** » Wed Aug 13, 2003 10:26 pm

Judy Blume
Matthew Looney
Mad Mag
The Outsiders
Where The Red Fern Grows
Joey Ramone goes to the Vatican
Bedtime for Bonzo
Snake in Roberts Pants

Alexa · Post by **Alexa** » Wed Aug 13, 2003 6:03 pm

I'm reading Homer's The Iliad right now...I have to teach it this fall.

pancakes · Post by **pancakes** » Wed Aug 13, 2003 5:59 pm

Treason-The Divine Ms. Ann Coulter

ClubFoot Sandwich · Post by **ClubFoot Sandwich** » Wed Aug 13, 2003 4:16 pm

Haggischomper wrote: Cloudsplitter by Russell Banks

Great, great book. Banks' best, at least of the ones I've read (Rule of the Bone, his short stories, something else I can't remember...).

I may be biased, however, as I lived for a while in upstate New York where it takes place. John Brown, what a guy.

kokokelli · Post by **kokokelli** » Wed Aug 13, 2003 1:36 pm

I loved already dead. There was a kinda cool movie made from jesus' son,

I'm currently reading:
Ruffian (as in the racehorse)
The Hemingway Book Club of Kosovo
A Prayer for Owen Meany (for about the 4th time)

v · Post by v » Tue Aug 12, 2003 11:16 am

McSweeneys Issue 11. Just arrived and luscious.

if you don't know mcsweeneys already, you may find it interesting. basically new writing by new(ish) writers. pieces of all lengths: comment, serious, funny, clever, and lots of silly lists....

from http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/lists

W O R D S   T H A T   W O U L D
M A K E   N I C E   N A M E S
F O R   B A B I E S ,   I F   I T
W E R E N ' T   F O R   T H E I R
U N S U I T A B L E   M E A N I N G S .
BY S. AULENBACK
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FOR GIRLS

Angina
Calorie
Dyslexia
Feta
Plaice
Reciprocity
Uvula

- - - -

FOR BOYS

Bench
Caftan
Chyle
Raunch
Rennet
Roily
Torrid
Thwart
Fellatio

---------

THREE LINES WRTIIEN BY MEMBERS OF THIS FORUM THAT HAVE MADE ME LAUGH OUT LOUD TODAY.

'my brothers name is Sebastopol'

'Dude, your mom wants you off of the computer.'

'Message boards are a special place.'

(by various)

v

Alexa · Post by **Alexa** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 2:22 pm

gb68 wrote:Vine DeLoria Jr. Behind the Trail of Broken Treaties

Someone mentioned the great Vine Deloria Jr on this board???

I'm shocked. And impressed!

bentonbourbon · Post by **bentonbourbon** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 2:05 pm

Denis Johnson is THE MAN!!!!
I'd love for him to come to St. Louis sometime and give a reading .. it would be an honor the shake his hand .... Already Dead, Jesus' Son, and Reports from the Edges of America and beyond
Just finished the Neil Young "Shakey" book and am now reading Nick Hornby's High Fidelity and book about Dylan and the basement tapes

Straightaways · Post by **Straightaways** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 11:44 am

I am reading "Perfume - The story of a murderer" by Patrick Suskind. I am a Nirvana freak & this book inspired Kurt Cobain to write the song "Scentless Aprentice" on In Utero. I just started it yesterday afternoon and cannot put it down. Very enthralling.

Before that I read Clinton Heylin's (sp?) Van Morrison bio "Can you Feel the Silence?" It was alright. 505 pages of this guy basically contradicting everything Van Morrison ever said in his life. I've got a soft spot for Van though.

And before THAT, "The Lovely Bones" by Alice Sebold. That was brilliant. Very sad though!

gb68 · Post by **gb68** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 11:18 am

Vine DeLoria Jr. Behind the Trail of Broken Treaties

stillfeelgone · Post by **stillfeelgone** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 10:51 am

just finished parahandy tales,and i,m like a hamster on a wheel for the srimad bhagavatam.they,re just about as different from each other as it gets.both worth the paper though.

waltermitty · Post by **waltermitty** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 8:41 am

Voltaire-Philosophical Dictionary
Lichtenberg-The Waste Books
Tillich-A History of Christian Thought

Long Slow Fade · Post by **Long Slow Fade** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 8:26 am

The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand (altruism is for chumps)
Medal Of Honor - forgot his name but its full of badass war stories (one guy killed 40 krauts in 20 minutes)
Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Twain
Adventures of Huck Finn - Twain (haven't read those last 2 in ages)