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Online readers aren't "lazy" necessarily
There is value, thrift in the various decoding skills one brings to the web as he begins to read. Michael Agger has written an excellent article for Slate on how we read (or don’t) online. He ca… more »
Paisley and Plaid
Online readers aren't "lazy" necessarily
paisleyandplaid wrote 1 month ago: There is value, thrift in the various decoding skills one brings to the web as he begins to read. Mi … more »
Identify yesterday's quotation
paisleyandplaid wrote 1 month ago: It was my title for the little homage to men yesterday:”the spontaneous overflow of powerful f … more »
"1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die"
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paisleyandplaid wrote 1 month ago: Or else what? Objectionable use of the word “must” it seems. Of course the editor, Peter … more »
Meet Andy Borowitz
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paisleyandplaid wrote 2 months ago: I “met” Andy Borowitz years ago because I read The New Yorker, but just recently (earlie … more »
Deconstruction fun with "There was once"
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paisleyandplaid wrote 2 months ago: Margaret Atwood’s poetry and fiction are among the best. My first encounter was The Robber B … more »
We'll miss you . . .
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paisleyandplaid wrote 2 months ago: . . . when you’re dead. Of course we will. Rest assured. A. E. Housman’s poem “Is … more »
Life after teaching
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paisleyandplaid wrote 2 months ago: Dear Paisley and Plaid (are you one or two?), I majored in English, and by your erudite commentary a … more »
How to read a poem
paisleyandplaid wrote 2 months ago: Here’s a method for reading a poem that I use. It works pretty well though poetry is “sl … more »
Why the sonnet?
paisleyandplaid wrote 2 months ago: What do Keats, Shakespeare, Frost, Millay, Plath, Browning, Shelley, Wordsworth, Whitman, Poe, Emers … more »
Digitized reads - a plug
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paisleyandplaid wrote 3 months ago: I discovered Manybooks,net four years ago when I was venturing outside the publisher’s literat … more »
Rejection
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paisleyandplaid wrote 3 months ago: Who faces rejection more than would-be writers and others who attempt to market their creative produ … more »
Who would have guessed?
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paisleyandplaid wrote 3 months ago: I would have, actually. I know a few things about good writing. Now that doesn’t mean stuffy a … more »
Eponyms -- what's in a name?
paisleyandplaid wrote 6 months ago: We know about synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms. “Eponyms” are words derived from a perso … more »
"Downscale?" -- a very poor euphemism
paisleyandplaid wrote 6 months ago: Actually it’s probably not meant to be a euphemism at all. Reporters covering the election use … more »
Bayard tells how to be a good nonreader
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paisleyandplaid wrote 6 months ago: Yet another delightful book review awaits you on New York Magazine’s Books page. Linked he … more »
Rate a woman (yourself or one you know)
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paisleyandplaid wrote 6 months ago: A favorite essay collection is Ex Libris by Anne Fadiman, who I believe is still editor of The Ameri … more »
It's a Charlie Brown Christmas, Dr. Dawkins
paisleyandplaid wrote 7 months ago: These things are but types and shadows, Ebenezer. Wrong story. But Charles Shultz’s timeless … more »
"This Christmas Day" by TSO
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paisleyandplaid wrote 7 months ago: “Just because it’s a Christmas song doesn’t mean it’s good.” I say thi … more »
T.S. Eliot's "Journey of the Magi" -- another Christmas poem
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paisleyandplaid wrote 7 months ago: One of Eliot’s post-conversion-to-Christianity poems, “Journey” is essentially a m … more »
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