what are you reading right now?

[sympathy]

Finished


Can someone make a list of all the cool authors who killed themselves because I think I'm only going to read books by them for awhile.

[mcneil]

Here you go: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Writers_who_committed_suicide

edit: holy shit Hemingway's younger brother killed himself too.

[mudd]

i think i like david markson's list better.

m

[cooly]

hey isobel i read that book like a month ago.

it's kinda amazing isn't it

[husbands]

[
husbands, are you in the UVA MFA writing program?

no I'm in the social sciences

but I'm dating someone who went through the undergrad creative writing program and is now doing an MFA elsewhere, so I have met many of the professors in it.

[walt whitman]

i only seem to be able to read dystopian fiction these days.

this book is excellent so far--

[Shoe]

[
husbands, are you in the UVA MFA writing program?

no I'm in the social sciences

but I'm dating someone who went through the undergrad creative writing program and is now doing an MFA elsewhere, so I have met many of the professors in it.

i have a few friends in charlottesville, one of whom is in the mfa creative writing program at the moment. it's a nice place.

[isobel]

hey isobel i read that book like a month ago.

it's kinda amazing isn't it

yeah i've been meaning to read it for a while and when you were like it's the first great philosophy book or something, i figured i should read it already. it really is a good read, and it's surprising how many of the innovations i attributed to wittgenstein actually belonged to frege. i can see where you were coming from, tho i don't agree because, if nothing else, plato. it is great tho.

[cooly]

i felt the same way (in being surprised about frege's innovations) during his discussion of the context principle

[rtt]

reading moby dick and bridge on the river kwai.

river kwai because i'm watching david lean films but i have to read the books first.

[Elephant]

Started this today

[Sharmoota]

also just read

totally engrossing, though I'm not quite sure if I buy all of the conclusions she draws

Have you read anything by Anna Politkovskaya? If not, I highly recommend it.

Currently trying to get through this:

[Thrills]

A perfect novel.

[SvenMaeglasson]

[mudd]

also earlier today i 'read'



and i don't think i will ever read another book as musical.

beta-2 won't last long, but i haven't decided what's next yet. i guess i'm about do some poetry.

m

[deadwolfbones]

Beta-2 is a fun one.

Lightweight, but classic Delany.

Your image isn't working, btw.

[Kuboaa]

just started:

[mudd]

hopefully that image works better.

anyway i decided to put off poetry and read



m

[spencasaurus]

something different from one of my fav authors

[sympathy]

Finished

[wanamaker]

finishing:



oscar wilde said it was revolting in a good way. i like it.

i think i'm gonna read pierrot mon ami once i'm done.

[atomicbombshell]

kuboaa, she's a local in my town and i couldn't get through that book. just seemed really pompous.


started this while i was at my parent's house being sick this weekend. been sitting on my shelves forever. eh, it's fun, whatever.

[cooly]

spend money on amazon every day

[atomicbombshell]

cooly i'll straight up murder you

[silverapples]

something different from one of my fav authors

my friend's gonna lend me this when he's done. currently reading

[millionbear]

[Quenelle of Suck]

just finished...



what a delightfully charming read

[gold and glass]

Just finished...


What a delightfully charming read.

[deadwolfbones]

Reading



What a delightfully charming read (so far).

[Kuboaa]

kuboaa, she's a local in my town and i couldn't get through that book. just seemed really pompous.

yeah I've read a couple luke warm reviews about how it falls apart in the second half and she ends up being sort of a horrible person, we will see how it goes