Condolence

They hurried here, as soon as you had died,
Their faces damp with haste and sympathy,
And pressed my hand in theirs, and smoothed my knee,
And clicked their tongues, and watched me, mournful-eyed.
Gently they told me of that Other Side-
How, even then, you waited there for me,
And what ecstatic meeting ours would be.
Moved by the lovely tale, ( Read more... )

After that last post I needed a mental palate cleanser. Lucky for me, the first round of our Valentine's Day presents were waiting for me at home, and I was able to read vol. 1 of Cat Paradise. Yes, it is as insane as it sounds! As with most anime or manga, its about a group of high school students, and in this case they (and their cat companions ( Read more... )

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This Life magazine gallery on literary drunks and addicts is kind of neat. Of course you have your standards, Poe, Burroughs etc., but Louisa May Alcott's opium addiction was quite a surprise ( Read more... )

While thinking of Salinger, and his literary history this weekend, I read The Inverted Forest for the first time. In many ways it adheres to the common Salinger trope of the artist as outsider while society blithely cavorts by in an never ending cycle of self absorption and destruction, yet I found this story particularly haunting. It was like a ( Read more... )

I'm oddly entranced by this poem ( Read more... )

A Woman of Independent Means semi inspired by my post a few days ago regarding retirement planning. It's written as letter's written by the narrator to her family over a period of time, so the novel format is novel (I couldn't resist). Still toward the beginning of the book, and while I'm hopeful it will continue to be an enjoyable read, I worry ( Read more... )

Sorry...no time for a real advisory update, but I did feel compelled to share this particular title with all of the angry, and fancy prancing vagina's on my f-list.

Flow: The Cultural Story of Menstruation"

I'm sure I'm not the only bibliophile on my f-list, so posting Gizmodo's list of gift's for bookworms is more akin to altruistically sharing information, not begging for a Nook ;)

I think the concept of NanoWriMo is stupid. I mean the project fully admits its about quantity over quality:
Because of the limited writing window, the ONLY thing that matters in NaNoWriMo is output. It's all about quantity, not quality. The kamikaze approach forces you to lower your expectations, take risks, and write on the fly....and I'm enough ( Read more... )