Numfar! Do the dance of joy.

Elder ,'Power Play'


Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.

There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."


Sophia Brooks - Nov 17, 2010 9:41:23 am PST #12975 of 28282
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

I was also an adult who loved Wishbone! And his little costumes!


erikaj - Nov 17, 2010 10:03:35 am PST #12976 of 28282
Always Anti-fascist!

I know! One of my dogs looked like him, too. Cutest thing ever.


flea - Nov 17, 2010 11:33:00 am PST #12977 of 28282
information libertarian

The rerun Wishbone on my PBS at some weird time on weekends, and Casper (now 7) just loves it.


Kat - Nov 17, 2010 5:01:14 pm PST #12978 of 28282
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

I can't remember if I've mentioned this, but this year I taught (and read) Invisible Man for the first time. Holy shit. Ellison? AMAZING. This is definitely on my best book list. Anyone read it?


Sophia Brooks - Nov 17, 2010 5:03:15 pm PST #12979 of 28282
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

I've read it. Although long enough ago ( before HS) that I think I might confuse it with "Black Like Me."


Hayden - Nov 17, 2010 5:09:59 pm PST #12980 of 28282
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."

Invisible Man is indeed amazing.


brenda m - Nov 17, 2010 5:11:58 pm PST #12981 of 28282
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Weird. The opening quote on tonight's CM, which I just started watching seconds after reading this thread, is from IM.


Kat - Nov 17, 2010 5:51:17 pm PST #12982 of 28282
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Sophia, Invisible Man is really distinct. I had read both Native Son and Black Boy and had zero interest in teaching them. I had approached IM very cautiously because I thought it would be another book of a type.

But damn! It was so amazing -- I think the search for individual identity in the face of societal (of all races) expectations is a challenge and a great story to tell.

I loved it so much.


Polter-Cow - Nov 17, 2010 6:09:27 pm PST #12983 of 28282
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I loved Invisible Man too, Kat. I wrote a paper on it in college.


Kat - Nov 17, 2010 6:47:02 pm PST #12984 of 28282
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

There's a ton there to address so it must be a fun book to write ABOUT. It was extremely fun to teach. And I hadn't realized that the Battle Royale scene was actually written to be an intentional stand alone if necessary.

I've been delving into the Paris Review's interviews. The Ralph Ellison one [link] is excellent.