I know! One of my dogs looked like him, too. Cutest thing ever.
We're not gonna die. We can't die, Bendis. You know why? Because we are so very pretty. We are just too pretty for God to let us die.
Mal ,'Serenity'
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."
erikaj - Nov 17, 2010 10:03:35 am PST #12976 of 28502
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
flea - Nov 17, 2010 11:33:00 am PST #12977 of 28502
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 28502
"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 28502
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 28502
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 28502
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 28502
"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 28502
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 28502
"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.
Liese S. - Nov 17, 2010 6:57:32 pm PST #12985 of 28502
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Invisible Man was one of the formative books of my childhood. I think probably I wasn't actually supposed to read it yet, but once I realized that nobody stopped kids from going to the adult book shelves in the library, it was all a lost cause from that point on.