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**TypicalFashion** · 06-27-2011, 11:10 AM

Mark Twain: Roughing It

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**Shucks** · 06-30-2011, 07:50 AM

**Faust** · 06-30-2011, 07:52 PM

Originally posted by galia View Post

Currently reading Francis Bacon: The Logic of Sensation by Deleuze

It's really incredibly interesting, and not at all arid like I was afrait it would be. Recommended to all Bacon fans

Deleuze and incredibly interesting? You must be French.

**docus** · 07-01-2011, 08:03 PM

I'm not reading anything by him right now, but I was just thinking about an author whose writing has reverberated very deeply within me for years - Jose Saramago. I think Blindness is his best - incredibly raw and powerful. Any fans?

**Racefortheprize** · 07-10-2011, 02:39 AM

**Soul Pill** · 07-10-2011, 04:30 AM

Really enjoyed Energy Flash (renamed Generation X in US/Can) and Rip It Up...

**theconsumer** · 07-10-2011, 10:47 AM

At least one.

Originally posted by docus View Post

I think Blindness is his best - incredibly raw and powerful. Any fans?

**theconsumer** · 07-10-2011, 10:53 AM

"War is a force that gives us meaning" by Chris Hedges should be read, well, by just about anyone. Some quotes:

Chris Hedges Quotes (Author of War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning)

http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/15438.Chris_Hedges

528 quotes from Chris Hedges: 'We’ve bought into the idea that education is about training and “success”, defined monetarily, rather than learning to think critically and to challenge. We should not forget that the true purpose of education is to make minds, not careers. A culture that does not grasp the vital interplay between morality and power, which mistakes management techniques for wisdom, which fails to understand that the measure of a civilization is its compassion, not its speed or ability to consume, condemns itself to death.', 'Those who fail to exhibit positive attitudes, no matter the external reality, are seen as maladjusted and in need of assistance. Their attitudes need correction. Once we adopt an upbeat vision of reality, positive things will happen. This belief encourages us to flee from reality when reality does not elicit positive feelings. These specialists in "happiness" have formulated something they call the "Law of Attraction." It argues that we attract those things in life, whether it is money, relationships or employment, which we focus on. Suddenly, abused and battered wives or children, the unemployed, the depressed and mentally ill, the illiterate, the lonely, those grieving for lost loved ones, those crushed by poverty, the terminally ill, those fighting with addictions, those suffering from trauma, those trapped in menial and poorly paid jobs, those whose homes are in foreclosure or who are filing for bankruptcy because they cannot pay their medical bills, are to blame for their negativity. The ideology justifies the cruelty of unfettered capitalism, shifting the blame from the power elite to those they oppress. And many of us have internalized this pernicious message, which in times of difficulty leads to personal despair, passivity and disillusionment.', and 'Violence is a disease, a disease that corrupts all who use it regardless of the cause.'

**Philipppp** · 07-10-2011, 11:52 AM

"Paroles", by Jacques Prévert

My two favorite poems are "Déjeuner Du Matin" and "Barbara".

Et il est parti
sous la pluie
sans une parole
sans me regarder
et moi j'ai pris
ma tête dans ma main
et j'ai pleuré.

**Racefortheprize** · 07-10-2011, 03:20 PM

Paroles never ceases to amaze me... so beautiful!

**Phantom** · 07-11-2011, 12:43 PM

right now. my secret garden by Nancy Friday.

**several_girls** · 07-14-2011, 07:04 PM

**skinfade** · 07-15-2011, 12:39 PM

The Sky Is Red by Giuseppe Berto

**HreP** · 07-17-2011, 03:50 PM

Julian Cope: Krautrocksampler
And then I'm preparing myself to immerse myself into Critique of Pure Reason!

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