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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."

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Barb - Jan 07, 2009 12:03:58 pm PST #8276 of 28431

“Not dead yet!”

Oh, you guys are going to love this. Another author caught plagiarizing.

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I was supposed to take African American Lit and was really looking forward to it, but turns out the prof I would have to have was not so good and the "literature" he uses is his own writing.

And he's not published.

::headdesk::

what a knob. excuse me, Dr. knob.

BWAH!!

sj - Jan 07, 2009 12:55:12 pm PST #8277 of 28431

"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Oh, you guys are going to love this. Another author caught plagiarizing.

Internalized it? WTF?

erikaj - Jan 07, 2009 1:02:54 pm PST #8278 of 28431

Always Anti-fascist!

I could see not remembering where you get a story from, really. But the only gracious thing to say when you get called out for it is "I'm sorry. I won't use it anymore." Thanks, Barb. I've met those guys before. They are like "the assholes upstairs" in every procedural, ever.

Aims - Jan 07, 2009 1:22:18 pm PST #8279 of 28431

Shit's all sorts of different now.

What are you going to be reading?

The Rainbow People by Yep, Laurence
Esperanza Rising by Ryan, Pam
The Birchbark House by Erdrich, Louise
Heart Of A Chief by Bruchac, Joseph
Persepolis by Satrapi, Marjane
Rachel The Clever And Other Jewish Folktales by Sherman, Josepha
The Devil's Arithmetic by Yolen, Jane
Kira-Kira by Kadohata, Cynthia
We Beat The Street by Favis, Sampson et. All
Color Of My Words by Joseph, Lynn

erikaj - Jan 07, 2009 1:24:20 pm PST #8280 of 28431

Always Anti-fascist!

I saw the film of Persepolis...it was brilliant.

Calli - Jan 07, 2009 1:42:40 pm PST #8281 of 28431

I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I read the graphic novel. It was pretty amazing.

Hil R. - Jan 07, 2009 2:05:07 pm PST #8282 of 28431

Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

I've been wanting to read Persepolis, but haven't gotten around to it yet.

I read The Devil's Arithmetic when I was a kid. I don't think I've read any of the others.

Kat - Jan 07, 2009 3:18:00 pm PST #8283 of 28431

"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

I've read all of those!

Not a fan of Birchbark House, but that was my Louise Erdrich issue. I did like Kira-Kira but didn't think it was award worthy.

javachik - Jan 07, 2009 3:32:33 pm PST #8284 of 28431

Our wings are not tired.

The Erdich book I loved loved loved was Love Medicine, but every other book I've read by her has suffered in comparison. Or maybe they suffered alone. I know I suffered.

Strix - Jan 07, 2009 3:55:55 pm PST #8285 of 28431

A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

I agree. I love "Love Medicine" but I'm betting the prof has taught it so many times in the last 20 years that prof needed a shift.

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