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Has "Atlas Shrugged?"
Atlas In Ayn Rand’s last and most defining work, Atlas Shrugged, the world’s most gifted, innovative thinkers and inventors, the great minds of the nations, literally go on strike. In a s… more →
Paisley and Plaid
Has "Atlas Shrugged?"
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paisleyandplaid wrote 2 months ago: Atlas In Ayn Rand’s last and most defining work, Atlas Shrugged, the world’s most gifte … more →
Our friend, Francis Coppola
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paisleyandplaid wrote 2 months ago: He’s our friend, not because he knows us but because he loves good writing, especially short f … more →
The Parable of the Gnat
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paisleyandplaid wrote 2 months ago: When the young gnat was born, also the day of his death since gnats have a life span of one day, he … more →
Christian leaders not shacking up with novel
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paisleyandplaid wrote 3 months ago: William Young’s The Shack is a best-seller for BN and has topped the NYT list. It’s a C … more →
Identify yesterday's quotation
paisleyandplaid wrote 3 months 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 4 months 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 4 months ago: I “met” Andy Borowitz years ago because I read The New Yorker, but just recently (earlie … more →
Believing Prince Caspian
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paisleyandplaid wrote 4 months ago: As I’ve said before, I’m not a reader nor fan of fantasy preferring MY fiction to be roo … more →
First attempts by Ayn Rand
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paisleyandplaid wrote 5 months ago: I picked up an old, yellowed copy of The Early Rand (Signet, ed. Leonard Peikoff, 1984) and have … more →
Rejection
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paisleyandplaid wrote 6 months ago: Who faces rejection more than would-be writers and others who attempt to market their creative produ … more →
"The horror, the horror"
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paisleyandplaid wrote 6 months ago: Conrad’s singular phrase from the turn-of-the-century novella, Heart of Darkness, says it all. … more →
The Bodies Exhibit: Why we read Frankenstein
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paisleyandplaid wrote 7 months ago: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, usually credited as the first true work of science fiction, stres … more →
It's not exactly morbid, but . . .
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paisleyandplaid wrote 8 months ago: “Famous last words.” We say it idiomatically when someone says something profound, but n … more →
The short list
paisleyandplaid wrote 9 months ago: As genres go, my ranking is essay, poetry, novel, drama, and short story. Last and for me least the … more →
Rate a woman (yourself or one you know)
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paisleyandplaid wrote 9 months ago: A favorite essay collection is Ex Libris by Anne Fadiman, who I believe is still editor of The Ameri … more →
What is a literary classic?
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paisleyandplaid wrote 10 months ago: After the Thanksgiving feast and time of revelry and being desirous of conversation, we kicked aroun … more →
On Beowulf
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paisleyandplaid wrote 10 months ago: Woody Allen once advised that no one take a course in which they “make you read Beowulf. … more →
They Should Have Read Jane Eyre
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paisleyandplaid wrote 11 months ago: I deleted my last blog on Bronte’s novel, Jane Eyre. Thinking that no one would be intereste … more →
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