OK, the Js agree, one S and now a T.
My god...he's gonna do the whole speech.
Buffy ,'Chosen'
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."
Toddson - Apr 17, 2013 6:37:45 am PDT #20687 of 28370
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
§ ita § - Apr 17, 2013 10:46:10 am PDT #20688 of 28370
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
soul-bearing artist
This interview has been condensed and lightly edited for clarity.
Mmm-hmm.
Consuela - Apr 17, 2013 11:07:31 am PDT #20689 of 28370
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Hmm, this is a very long entry, and the build is slow, but basically it's the story of a decades-long instance of sockpuppetry in academia. Layers upon layers of deceit, quite amazing: [link]
Amy - Apr 17, 2013 11:30:02 am PDT #20690 of 28370
Because books.
Mmm-hmm.
I still want to read the book! Although I can't imagine why they didn't put a picture of Plath on the cover.
Kate P. - Apr 17, 2013 11:41:52 am PDT #20691 of 28370
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I read a good chunk of it, and couldn't really get into it, though I'm sure plenty of people will love it. I just came away from it thinking, "Wow, I really don't care about fashion. Like, at all."
Amy - Apr 17, 2013 11:57:41 am PDT #20692 of 28370
Because books.
But it's Sylvia! I have to read it. I also need to reread The Bell Jar.
Kate P. - Apr 17, 2013 12:04:28 pm PDT #20693 of 28370
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I know! And I love Sylvia. I just don't really care what lipstick she liked.
Amy - Apr 17, 2013 12:20:12 pm PDT #20694 of 28370
Because books.
Sylvia was my first sort of hardcore obsession fandom. My favorite was
Letters Home,
which I know her mother heavily edited, but even so -- it's a fuller picture of her than her poetry alone, and Aurelia doesn't come off completely blameless.
erikaj - Apr 17, 2013 12:37:36 pm PDT #20695 of 28370
Always Anti-fascist!
I liked that book too.
Amy - Apr 17, 2013 12:48:25 pm PDT #20696 of 28370
Because books.
One of the things I liked about it was that it did show that she was both of her time, and forward-thinking. I remember reading one letter where she's talking about how much she wants to break into the women's magazines, and I was shocked. But she's poet! She can't do silly, commercial stuff! She really wanted to do everything.