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Category Archives: LITERATURE
LITERATURE: Ragtime – Credibility of Content
I’m not sure how I feel about this "novel" by E. L. Doctorow. The main thing that bothers me is the inclusion of real characters such as Stanford White, Evelyn Nesbitt, Harry K. Thaw, and Harry Houdini. While I understand … Continue reading Continue reading
WRITING & LITERATURE: From the “It was bound to happen” department…
Eric at My Heart’s Porch is an aspiring writer and reader and I drifted over from the feed to his site today to check out a possible link to a book he’s reading titled City of Refuge. He’s evidently not … Continue reading Continue reading
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LITERATURE: Ragtime – Changes
I realize that this is not really first person but third; the reference to Mother and Father, etc. are an unusual way for the narrator to refer to his characters, yet it is reminiscent of the recently read works of … Continue reading Continue reading
LITERATURE: Up Also: The Moons of Jupiter
Trying to get more reading done and so I’ve grabbed one of the many Alice Munro anthologies I have on the shelves. I’ve always loved Munro’s stories, since I first read one in a class many years ago. Her style … Continue reading
LITERATURE: Ragtime – First Impressions
Just got through the first short chapter and I do like the writing style. Doctorow has grounded the novel in a setting of New Rochelle, NY in the early 1900’s, his narrator a young boy living in a typical neighborhood … Continue reading Continue reading
LITERATURE: The Old Forest – Finale
It’s been quite an experience reading this anthology. I’ve learned so much in watching Peter Taylor skillfully focus and bring out the innermost personality of his characters while weaving a setting that grounds the players together in an American South … Continue reading Continue reading
LITERATURE: The Old Forest – The Scoutmaster
This story perhaps more than any other illustrates Taylor’s method of characterization through character observation. There is, as a matter of fact, very much "overhearing" thus giving us what may (if we assume narrator reliability, and that’s been a major … Continue reading Continue reading
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WRITING: More on Verse
In setting out a short story into verse, I’m finding obvious places where the story doesn’t suit the form. Interestingly enough, I noticed–but ignored–this in the story form as a change in voice, where the imagery and beat or rhythm … Continue reading Continue reading
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LITERATURE: The Old Forest – More on Taylor
The majority of Taylor’s stories in this anthology are set in the old South of Tennessee and therefore there is the constant of social status as well as the racial relations. Taylor’s amazing insight coupled with his skill at exposing … Continue reading Continue reading
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LITERATURE: The Old Forest – Taylor Magic
I’ve been trying to put my finger on how Peter Taylor manages the deep character revelation he does while in such a subtle way, particularly by using the narrator voice to establish something often quite different than what the narrator … Continue reading Continue reading
LITERATURE: Up Next: Ragtime E. L. Doctorow
I don’t know why I chose this, but simply by placing Burroughs’ Naked Lunch back on the shelf, I followed the alphabetical arrangement to the next shelf and pulled it out. While I’m not sure I wanted to go quite … Continue reading
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LITERATURE: Naked Lunch – Fergetaboutit
I’ve made it to page 40 or thereabouts (and that’s 40 pages plus 14 of the deposition) out of only 254 total (and that should be minus about 15 for an appendix) and I just can’t take it anymore. I … Continue reading Continue reading
LITERATURE: The Old Forest – A Long Fourth
I believe this story is the first in the anthology to be written in third person pov, but Taylor’s method of indepth character revelation is just as powerful. The protagonist is a middle-aged woman, Harriet, with a grown son and … Continue reading Continue reading
LITERATURE: The Old Forest – A Long Fourth
Just read this in this Taylor short story: Now the sight of Son and Ann in this pretty frame only reminded her of their unnatural and strange relationship. They were walking far apart and Ann was speaking with deliberation and … Continue reading Continue reading
LITERATURE: Naked Lunch First Thoughts
Well I got through Burroughs’ Deposition somehow. For me it was just another ridiculous rant from people who’ve fought for rights and freedoms and then turn around and abuse them and both blame the government for the problem and exhort … Continue reading Continue reading
The Lost Children: A Charity Anthology