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Mmm, I love marmalade and toast. *makes eyes at Billy*

The beauty of books is that there is no way to misunderstand them. I think most writers are aware that it is impossible to clearly communicate their thoughts in a book so that everyone who reads it will get the same message the author intended (if he ever intended anything to begin with). Just...

No. Now if you'll excuse me, I have some books to read. :D

This discussion will only further get convoluted if we start getting into how each person individually defines "grace" and "honesty". It's the same thing I've been saying over and over in this thread. Everyone has their own definition. As Timothy Leary would say, we see things through our own...

I think you've just summed up my feelings on the subject. Who knew pizza could be used in such a way...?

Most definitely not! :D Unfortunately British pizza doesn't meet my American expectations of what a pizza should taste like. Oh woe is me.

I'm not the only one in this thread who has noticed the assumptions you've made about what makes quality writing. I also don't see "grace" as a pre-requisite for someone to become a "great artist", especially when it is false. I would prefer writers to be honest in their work, and not all...

Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart. It's not overtly philosophical, and it's quite a short and simple read, but it will make you think!

There is nothing wrong with it until you start making assumptions as to why, such as thinking that people who like Bukowski must be younger with little to no other exposure to poetry. What is seen as "quality" writing is highly subjective, and you seem to believe there is an objective...

I'm pretty sure that's what I was doing, but if you're suggesting this argument be over and done with, I'm all for it! I don't feel the need to justify my taste to someone who thinks it is of "dubious merit". Let's stop arguing and you can go back to reading authors that you think are "all...

Actually, no, I'm wrong. There isn't something for everyone in Bukowski's poetry, certainly not much for academics to sink their analytical teeth into. Bukowski made his poetry accessible to the common person for a reason. He was trying to communicate, not trying to create the most abstract...

I did not mention Bukowski because I want to provoke a reaction or because I have not read other poets of "better quality" - whatever that means. I mentioned Bukowski because he is the poet I most relate to, and the one whose poetry has most meaning and beauty in it to my eyes, and he gets a...

I actually cried the first time I saw it, but I was 17 then and would probably react differently now. Personally I think Aronofsky's Pi is a superior film to Requiem For a Dream, and my favorite movie adaptation for a book is Fight Club.

Not yet, but maybe while I'm on holiday (I'm about to leave for Paris and I'm bringing a stack of books along). See you in ten days!

For about five months, but we've been living together for 2.5 years now. :)

I'm from Chicago. Long story short: I met an Irishman and moved overseas to live with him. We moved to Leeds for the hell of it, but he also got his MA here, at Leeds Uni, in American Literature incidentally. Woodhouse isn't bad at all. I live in the Harehills/Chapeltown area, which...

You're my kinda person, Marquis.

Fight Club

I normally have an excellent memory, but when it comes to books I tend to forget them very quickly. I'm starting to get into the habit of taking notes while I'm reading or directly after I finish a book, or writing a review, and I've found this helps me to remember things I would otherwise forget.

I can't stop reading! :eek: