Ok for the high brow crowd what books you are reading

[big nasty kcnut]

I'm reading The New American Revolution by tammy bruce. She is a great thinker and funny.

[OnTheWarpath15]

Originally Posted by RedThat

Im reading this novel called the "Hanging of Angelique" I don't reccommend anybody to read it. It's based on a true story. If you could handle depression, go right ahead and read it then. But the title of novel speaks high volumes on what kind of a read it is.

I was supposed to read that for a class last semester, and might have gotten 30 pages into it before quitting.

[OnTheWarpath15]

I'm looking forward to reading The Kennedy Detail when it comes out in a couple of weeks.

[2bikemike]

Not sure if this book has been mentioned anywhere on this site but my current reading material is a book called "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis who also wrote "The Blind Side"

"The Big Short" is the story of the financial meltdown we recently experienced. It really is an eye opener. I highly recommend it to those who are interested in these type things.

[Discuss Thrower]

Originally Posted by 2bikemike

Not sure if this book has been mentioned anywhere on this site but my current reading material is a book called "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis who also wrote "The Blind Side"

"The Big Short" is the story of the financial meltdown we recently experienced. It really is an eye opener. I highly recommend it to those who are interested in these type things.

Lewis' Liar's Poker was the last thing I read for pleasure. I suggest you pick it up if you haven't.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

I almost bought The Big Short for my nook but held off after reading it was largely a character study of some of the major players involved. I did read "The Big Takeover" and "The Great American Bubble Machine", both by Matt Taibbi, which were on the same topic and extremely incendiary.

I'm currently reading Uranium, which is about the history of the discovery and then the production and mining of the element.

This week, I had my students read "Hugh Selwyn Mauberly", "The Hollow Men", and "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" in the American Lit class I teach.

[Reaper16]

Oh, and on the poetry front: I recently read Sabrina Orah Mark's 2009 collection, Tsim Tsum, which is ****ing great. Here's a poem from the book:

Originally Posted by Sabrina Orah Mark

THE MISTAKE
A mistake had been made. "Should we shoot it?" asked Walter B. "Of course," sighed Beatrice, "we should not shoot it." It stood in the long grass and blinked at them. "Where do you think," asked Beatrice, "it came from." "From the debacle, I suppose," is all Walter B. said. And then he considered, "or maybe from the babies." Beatrice tugged at her sleeves. A mistake had been made, and now Walter B. and Beatrice had on their hands a situation. "How," asked Walter B., "do you suppose such a mistake had been made?" The mistake began to pose, as if it heard him. It staggered across the field. For a moment it looked like a woman bent over nothing in particular. And then it rose. And then it opened its mouth. "Oh, look," exclaimed Beatrice, "it's communicating!" "Is it alone?" whispered Walter B., taking Beatrice's hand. "Yes," Beatrice whispered back, "I think it is alone." But it was not alone. It was not alone at all. Others began to emerge. Some from the trees. Some from the grass. Their damp white mouths flashed in the sunlight. "Had I known a little ahead of time," said Walter B., "I would have changed into my suit." "Yes," agreed Beatrice, "we should have arrived more prepared." "This is exactly what," said Walter B. raising his voice, and pointing at the scene in front them, "I had been trying to explain to you. And now we are in a situation without any rope." "Pardon me," said Beatrice. And she began to walk into the field. Slowly, at first. And then faster. And then she began to run. She ran with her arms outstretched, as one might run into a field filled with mothers.

[yhf]

Originally Posted by Reaper16

Oh, and on the poetry front: I recently read Sabrina Orah Mark's 2009 collection, Tsim Tsum, which is ****ing great. Here's a poem from the book:

Fairly succinct. Not ****ing great. Good enough though. My aunt writes better poetry. I am not without familial bias.

[irishjayhawk]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

I almost bought The Big Short for my nook but held off after reading it was largely a character study of some of the major players involved. I did read "The Big Takeover" and "The Great American Bubble Machine", both by Matt Taibbi, which were on the same topic and extremely incendiary.

I'm currently reading Uranium, which is about the history of the discovery and then the production and mining of the element.

This week, I had my students read "Hugh Selwyn Mauberly", "The Hollow Men", and "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" in the American Lit class I teach.

You should read The Big Short. Or, if you're crunched for time, find the podcast of Fresh Air with Michael Lewis. You'll get a condensed version. The book is very, very good.


Are those Taibbis articles or did he write books on the subject?

[2bikemike]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

I almost bought The Big Short for my nook but held off after reading it was largely a character study of some of the major players involved. I did read "The Big Takeover" and "The Great American Bubble Machine", both by Matt Taibbi, which were on the same topic and extremely incendiary.

I'm currently reading Uranium, which is about the history of the discovery and then the production and mining of the element.

This week, I had my students read "Hugh Selwyn Mauberly", "The Hollow Men", and "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" in the American Lit class I teach.

For me the characters are actually what makes it an easy read. I tend to get disinterested if it all technical and dry.

[Reaper16]

Originally Posted by yhf

Fairly succinct. Not ****ing great. Good enough though. My aunt writes better poetry. I am not without familial bias.

To be fair, all the prose poems in that collection from Orah Mark share characters and tell a larger narrative, so one can't make a complete judgment w/o having read the whole collection.

Who is your aunt?

[yhf]

Originally Posted by Reaper16

To be fair, all the prose poems in that collection from Orah Mark share characters and tell a larger narrative, so one can't make a complete judgment w/o having read the whole collection.

Who is your aunt?

Ah, I was just being mouthy. The poem you posted was very nice.

My aunt just dabbles in poetry, she is really more of a visual artist. She had an anthology published by a very small press years ago. If I can find her stuff online I'll post a link.

By the way, where ya going to school?

[patteeu]

Originally Posted by yhf

Ah, I was just being mouthy. The poem you posted was very nice.

My aunt just dabbles in poetry, she is really more of a visual artist. She had an anthology published by a very small press years ago. If I can find her stuff online I'll post a link.

By the way, where ya going to school?

He's teaching somewhere, I believe (in the southeast?). He's a noob though so the longtime literature teachers probably raz him all the time.

[blaise]

I just started the Piano Lesson by August Wilson.

[Reaper16]

Originally Posted by yhf

Ah, I was just being mouthy. The poem you posted was very nice.

My aunt just dabbles in poetry, she is really more of a visual artist. She had an anthology published by a very small press years ago. If I can find her stuff online I'll post a link.

By the way, where ya going to school?

Originally Posted by patteeu

He's teaching somewhere, I believe (in the southeast?). He's a noob though so the longtime literature teachers probably raz him all the time.

The University of Alabama.

[Reaper16]

Originally Posted by blaise

I just started the Piano Lesson by August Wilson.

Hell yes. August Wilson's "century cycle" is one of the greatest literary achievements of all time, IMO. Tremendous work.