Thread: Books Ok for the high brow crowd what books you are reading
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Old 01-27-2011, 09:44 PM   #1587
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I'm teaching Freshman Comp II right now (which is the literature semester), so we're reading good stuff. Doing a tour of the Jim Crow South right now: Faulkner, O'Conner, Ellison and about to move into more modern stuff. I've been starting every morning off reading a good short story. I think I'm finally developing an authentic fondness for Faulkner. "Barn Burning" just kicked my ass this morning.
Faulkner is like Joyce, to me. I really like their short stories but I'm not wild about their novels.
I love O'Connor. I have a book of almost all her short stories that I got for like .25 at a used book store.
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