One of the Best Reading Lists Ever

[pennswoods]

I think I'm going to be busy, busy, busy until approximately December 21st. One day before then, I will write up a recap of my trip to and interview in Texas. Today is not that day. However, today is the day I link to the best reading lists I've come across in a long while. It's from the fail_fandomanon meme on DW, which sometimes produces terrific

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[daasgrrl]

LOLing at the Australian commentary "and something by Patrick White, who I haven't read". 100% accurate. Although I was once forced to study one of his plays, and literally boycotted it in disgust - I even cut classes while we were doing it, which is the most defiant I ever got in 13 years of schooling *g*

I would say that the Australian responders in that thread skew very young/modern, although not a bad thing, since the books mentioned reflect both indigenous and multicultural perspectives. However, I'd say classic 'canonical' Australian literature is really the (white, European) bush poets - Banjo Paterson, Henry Lawson. And everyone continues to learn Dorothea Mackellar's "My Country" (or at least its second verse) whether they really want to or not.

[msavi]

::le sigh:: I remember when I had enough "me" time for reading things more substantial than Time magazine. :(