Awesome, I am so glad to hear it. I already started into The Unbinding but I'll definately go for Post Office next.

Highlights are nauseating. What's wrong with you people?

Like I said, I tried it once at 16 because my mom wanted to see if she could do it, and on that day, she realized she can't.

kurt vonnegut, i was contemplating writign that, but you beat me to it

one of my greatest reads yet.

may i add slaughterhouse-five /aka the childrens crusade

Welcome to the board su x*. Glad to know that as a newbie you have something to contribute, and aren't one of the hundreds that join just to say "Who here LOVES Sonic Youth?!?" :)

I LOVE SONIC YOUTH


no, im flattered

SONIC LIFE!


there is NOTHING wrong with someone joining this board to proclaim to all the cyber world that they love the greatest musical group of the last 30 years!!!!

I guess not, I can be somewhat cynical in my old age of 24. I guess the annoying people should be the ones who join but never say anything, just so they can get free stuff out of the Sonic Sharing section. Not that there is much there anymore, but it's not like they know that.

Ok, now back to books! Books, books, books!

I'm starting on Post Office tonight...

why is the literacy thread about phalluses, drugs and unnecesary-ness of schooling

and the illiteracy thread about books

i think i'll read post office

yeah seriously.
i'm a member of the "my hair is all one color and i intend to keep it that way forever" club.

(h5)

ah, quick study. you've noticed we do everything here backwards.

Is... this a hair color?

never!

its the high 5 emoticon in msn
this is after all the culture thread

Hey, hey, just askin' :)

Why don't you stop askin' so many darn questions and go read a book.....frivolous frivolous boy!

I'm readin', I'm readin'!

Bukowski is my favorite American writer. You can really do no wrong with Hank. He is the man that convinced me poetry did not have to be convoluted bullshit. That is quite an accomplishment.

I would like to recommend Donna Tartt - The Secret History.
one of my favorite novels, to be sure.

there is always that space there
just before they get to us
that space
that fine relaxer
the breather
while say
flopping on a bed
thinking of nothing
or say
pouring a glass of water from the
spigot
while entranced by
nothing

that
gentle pure
space

it's worth

centuries of
existence

say

just to scratch your neck
while looking out the window at
a bare branch

that space
there
before they get to us
ensures
that
when they do
they won't
get it all

ever.


by chuck bukowski from " You Get So Alone At Times That It Just Makes Sense" - pg. 312 - 1986