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ink_ling

A Convergence in Letters

Mar 23, 2006 11:16

I am working on putting together a display of Gothic fiction this morning. I went to wikipedia, since they are so often good at putting together useful bibliographies and other lists and links.

While there, I ran across a strange coupling. In the "see also" section, right underneath "Southern Gothic" there was this: Southern Ontario GothicThis ( Read more... )

literature, library, gothic, toronto, reading, wanderlust, south, travel

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trevcub77 March 23 2006, 17:26:34 UTC

or you could just come here and party it up with da bears! :-)

ink_ling March 23 2006, 18:33:49 UTC

Hahaha! I was waxing lit'rary, wasn't I? You just made me gut-laugh here at work because of course Toronto's bearfolk come highly recommended and I definitely plan to rub shoulders with 'em.

If you don't mind, though, excuse me when I'm partyin' and lapse into dorky excess. :)

(Thanks for the nudge, bub!)

trevcub77 March 23 2006, 19:16:11 UTC

dorky excess is what makes life fun n'est pas?
glad I gave you a good gut laugh, had a few of those myself last night..

ink_ling March 23 2006, 22:06:23 UTC

What happened with you last night, if it's ok to ask?

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ink_ling March 23 2006, 18:37:32 UTC

You got it! And some other folks I might need be read'n!

Thank yeeewwwww, Thank yeewwww verrrry much.... dodgingwndshlds March 23 2006, 18:18:10 UTC

Why, just today? I was totally planning on going to Powell's to find some North East Portland Baroque novels with which to spend my vacation.

'Cuz you know what they say.... If it ain't Baroque.....

Re: Thank yeeewwwww, Thank yeewwww verrrry much.... ink_ling March 23 2006, 18:45:58 UTC

For some reason when I read this, I thought you typed "Poland" instead of "Portland" and I got all excited cos you know about my Polish heritage and all and I was going to -- well, first, gasp! -- and then ask you to pick me up one of them there novels and I was already constructing comparisons between the texts and those handpainted eggs and ... .

*breathe*

Baroque is so HOT!

(Pssst!: I'm kind of excitable today. Can you tell?!)

Re: Thank yeeewwwww, Thank yeewwww verrrry much.... dodgingwndshlds March 23 2006, 18:52:36 UTC

Kinda!!! LOL... YAY!!!! You know, you can't make a Polish omlette without baroquing some painted eggs...

I now have the Indigo Girl's "Yeild" stuck in my head....

"Yeah you were so baroque
All of those words
just to tell me no..."

Mmmmmmmm... Cofffeeeeeee..

Re: Thank yeeewwwww, Thank yeewwww verrrry much.... ink_ling March 23 2006, 21:59:55 UTC

Energy ... sliding ... . . . . :)

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bitterlawngnome March 23 2006, 21:30:58 UTC

Definitely read Margaret Atwood but please don't neglect her more recent work. And remember, she has a sense of humour, and is not afraid to use it.

ink_ling March 23 2006, 22:00:51 UTC

Did you read Oryx and Crake? It sounded interesting to me, but I've not yet gotten around to reading it.

paulintoronto March 24 2006, 04:14:54 UTC

For me, Atwood the novelist is at her best with Alias Grace.

For a taste of Toronto that isn't quite as well-known, you might try to track down a copy of Dionne Brand's In Another Place, Not Here or Anne Michaels' Fugitive Pieces.

ink_ling March 24 2006, 17:21:31 UTC

Thanks for the suggestions, Paul! Embarrassed to say I haven't read a lick of Atwood at this point and so will gladly take the direction. I'll check on these other two titles today at work, too!

*squeeze*

ink_ling March 24 2006, 17:23:43 UTC

Sorry: I seem to keep getting lost with your email address. Could you possibly email it to me at omphaloser(at)aol(dot)com? Wanted to ask you about something if I could. Thanks!