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#1456 |
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Join Date: Sep 2005
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I was supposed to read that for a class last semester, and might have gotten 30 pages into it before quitting.
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#1457 |
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Join Date: Sep 2005
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I'm looking forward to reading The Kennedy Detail when it comes out in a couple of weeks.
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#1458 |
Born to Ride
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: NWA
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Not sure if this book has been mentioned anywhere on this site but my current reading material is a book called "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis who also wrote "The Blind Side"
"The Big Short" is the story of the financial meltdown we recently experienced. It really is an eye opener. I highly recommend it to those who are interested in these type things. |
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"You like to drink?"
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: "I like to drink."
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#1460 |
Now you've pissed me off!
Join Date: Jan 2006
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I almost bought The Big Short for my nook but held off after reading it was largely a character study of some of the major players involved. I did read "The Big Takeover" and "The Great American Bubble Machine", both by Matt Taibbi, which were on the same topic and extremely incendiary.
I'm currently reading Uranium, which is about the history of the discovery and then the production and mining of the element. This week, I had my students read "Hugh Selwyn Mauberly", "The Hollow Men", and "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" in the American Lit class I teach. |
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Dystopia
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Oh, and on the poetry front: I recently read Sabrina Orah Mark's 2009 collection, Tsim Tsum, which is ****ing great. Here's a poem from the book:
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#1462 |
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: OPKS
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Fairly succinct. Not ****ing great. Good enough though. My aunt writes better poetry. I am not without familial bias.
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#1463 | |
Feelin' Alright
Join Date: Aug 2004
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Are those Taibbis articles or did he write books on the subject? |
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Born to Ride
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: NWA
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Eat/Sleep/Procrastinate/Repeat
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Dystopia
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Who is your aunt? |
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#1466 | |
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: OPKS
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My aunt just dabbles in poetry, she is really more of a visual artist. She had an anthology published by a very small press years ago. If I can find her stuff online I'll post a link. By the way, where ya going to school? |
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The 23rd Pillar
Join Date: Sep 2002
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#1468 |
In Search of a Life
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Plano, TX
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I just started the Piano Lesson by August Wilson.
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Dystopia
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Eat/Sleep/Procrastinate/Repeat
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Dystopia
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