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Poet Julia Cohen has been asking people for advice over at her blog, On the Messier Side of Neat:
>>I’m reading Everybody’s Autonomy by Juliana Spahr. I’m on page 14 so I have a ways to go. What I would really appreciate is if you, in the comment box, let me know which theory or philosophy book was the most transformative for you. What has most deeply impacted your way of thinking/writing? I will then read it.
Whoever recommends the book that then impacts me the most will receive a prize greater than or equal to one pound of elk meat. Ok, greater.<<
Here’s some of what’s come in so far:
Our own Mike Young got first comment, with >>The work of Emmanuel Levinas, specifically Totality and Infinity.<<
A guy named Gary McDowell suggested Gaston Bachelard’s Poetics of Space, along with an apology that it was such a cliche choice. No shame in a crowd, Gary! I’ve read that book too.
I went on this long-winded spiel about the nature of the question, then finally got around to naming Zizek’s Puppet and the Dwarf.
Mathias Svalina of Octopus Books (and of going steady with Julia Cohen) fame, picked The Giving Tree, but then Julia said her mom thinks that book is sexist, and pointedly thanked “everyone else.” (Hmm. Did I just start an “internet rumor?” Can I classify this post under “web hype” now?)
Kitchen Press (aka Justin Marks) weighed in with this: >> Why Did I Ever, by Mary Robison. It’s marketed as a novel, i guess because she calls herself a novelist, but one could certainly argue for it as a prose poem. or lyric novel. or some mixed genre something or other.<<
And other people wrote other things too. Maybe YOU will win the elk meat?
This could be your new life.
Tags: elk meat, julia cohen
she looks sweaty and sleep deprived….. very sexy
she looks sweaty and sleep deprived….. very sexy
Momma told me philosophy is for douchebags.
But I’ll say your best bet is to read more satire.
Momma told me philosophy is for douchebags.
But I’ll say your best bet is to read more satire.
barry you’re on a tear tonight
barry you’re on a tear tonight
why do you say that?
why do you say that?
i felt like you and pr were going off over in the Pound comments. but yeah, sleep-deprived girls say the cutest things. maybe sunday nights should be sexy nights on Giant.
i felt like you and pr were going off over in the Pound comments. but yeah, sleep-deprived girls say the cutest things. maybe sunday nights should be sexy nights on Giant.
i was being sincere in my flattery… she’s a cutie
i was being sincere in my flattery… she’s a cutie
she looks kind of like brandi wells. or maybe it’s just the pose.
is that the new en vogue pose for female writers?
if not, it should be.
bitter beer face 4 lyfe
she looks kind of like brandi wells. or maybe it’s just the pose.
is that the new en vogue pose for female writers?
if not, it should be.
bitter beer face 4 lyfe
Don’t make me come over there & punching.
Don’t make me come over there & punching.
i passed out last night.
i have to use a different computer that sucks ass.
my computer died and i am worried- i hadn’t backed up in a while…
i’m gonna go try to win some elk meat-
i passed out last night.
i have to use a different computer that sucks ass.
my computer died and i am worried- i hadn’t backed up in a while…
i’m gonna go try to win some elk meat-
Thousand Plateaus (Mille Plateaux), Deleuze and Guattari.
The bonus on this one is that just reading the chapter titles is a great introductory WTF that will at least change the way you think about titles if nothing more…
Thousand Plateaus (Mille Plateaux), Deleuze and Guattari.
The bonus on this one is that just reading the chapter titles is a great introductory WTF that will at least change the way you think about titles if nothing more…
pr,
what do you mean ‘it died’? email me if it is a pc at jdean33442@gmail.com
i will see if i can figure out what is wrong with it and maybe give you some tips to fix it.
you’re on your own if it’s a mac.
pr,
what do you mean ‘it died’? email me if it is a pc at jdean33442@gmail.com
i will see if i can figure out what is wrong with it and maybe give you some tips to fix it.
you’re on your own if it’s a mac.
Jereme, thanks, you’re too sweet. my husband is a tech guy and took it to work with him- we watched a movie on it in the dr and there may have been a power surge? anyway, this sort of stuff can set me back..i hate losing work. we’ll see- he might be able to retrieve it all. i should back up more though.
Jereme, thanks, you’re too sweet. my husband is a tech guy and took it to work with him- we watched a movie on it in the dr and there may have been a power surge? anyway, this sort of stuff can set me back..i hate losing work. we’ll see- he might be able to retrieve it all. i should back up more though.
jereme:
bitter beer face.
since its mean monday, i was thinking of, sucking tiny cock face.
i know that face well. its the same face all my ex girlfriends made.
mathias:
punching… really?
jereme:
bitter beer face.
since its mean monday, i was thinking of, sucking tiny cock face.
i know that face well. its the same face all my ex girlfriends made.
mathias:
punching… really?