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bibliothecarivs

A Colder Eye: The Modern Irish Writers | Hugh Kenner

Recent acquisition:

📖 A Colder Eye: The Modern Irish Writers by Hugh Kenner

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eclectic-reader

Stranger Than Fiction: Lives of the Twentieth-Century Novel | Edwin Frank

A recent essay collection from the founder of NYRB Classics. Looks very interesting!

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Night_Reader

Against Interpretation: And Other Essays | Susan Sontag

His current reads: all non-fiction.

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LitsyEvents

Classics Revisited | Kenneth Rexroth

repost for @TheAromaofBooks:

Hey friends!! So I've been looking at my life and my upcoming schedule, and I am going to pause #RandomClassics definitely for January, and maybe longer, kind of depending. I still have a huge list of classics I would like to read, and I have really enjoyed reading these with you all, but for now I need to skip a month!! I'll let everyone know when I am ready to pick back up again!!

TheAromaofBooks Thank you for reposting!! 4mo

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sisilia

Stranger Than Fiction: Lives of the Twentieth-Century Novel | Edwin Frank

Listening to Edwin Frank talking about his new book (tagged). Thank God for Zoom; I can listen in from miles away 🥰

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TheSpineView

History Matters: Contemporary Poetry on the Margins of American Culture | Ira Sadoff

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Leftcoastzen

The Shock of Recognition : the Development of Literature in the United States Recorded by the Men who Made it | Edmund Wilson

A Modern Library Giant. A book I couldn‘t resist at Goodwill even though I have too many books! My bone to pick is in the subtitle , by the “men “ who made it. No women here , expected in the time frame. I‘m sure I will still like it 😁

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jen_the_scribe

Art Is Life: Icons and Iconoclasts, Visionaries and Vigilantes, and Flashes of Hope in the Night | Jerry Saltz

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Nope. Can‘t do it. This one is NSFW, and that doesn‘t really bother me but I get the feeling that Jerry Saltz is particularly obsessed with over-sexualized (perverted, as he sometimes refers to them) pieces of art. That‘s just not my thing. And the worse for me was the feeling that the art world and its critics might just be way too pretentious for me. I love art, and I love finding connections to the emotional, political, and spiritual themes ⬇️

jen_the_scribe But I got the sense that a lot of the “authority” figures in the art world like to gate-keep, where I believe it‘s for everyone. To Jerry Saltz‘s credit, he does call out the lack of inclusivity and diversity in the art world and I appreciated that. But this was taking something I‘m passionate about and turning it on its head in a way that bothered me. 8mo

monalyisha Have you tried Get the Picture? I‘m interested in reading that one!

Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See

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jen_the_scribe @monalyisha Ooooh, no I haven‘t read that one. It does look good… Stacked! Thanks for the suggestion ❤️ 8mo

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MissHel That feeling you‘re getting about gate keeping in the art world is accurate. In art school we were trained to look down on so many different things. It was so silly. That practice just removes “normal” people from appreciating and making things that will make their lives richer. 8mo

IndoorDame @monalyisha @jen_the_scribe ooooo I need to read that one too!!!!! 8mo

jen_the_scribe @MissHel Maybe because I studied Graphic Design and not fine art, I never had that feeling. It was disconcerting listening to it for sure. And I agree, imagine all the great art we‘ve missed out on because the art world closes the door on so many people. One thing this book did mention was that the emergence of social media has opened up more opportunities for more artists, so it seems people can make their own opportunities now at least. 8mo

dabbe #hailthebail! 🤩🤩🤩 8mo

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jen_the_scribe

Art Is Life: Icons and Iconoclasts, Visionaries and Vigilantes, and Flashes of Hope in the Night | Jerry Saltz

“To make or experience art is to enter a kind of free zone. It slows us down, places us in some epistemological estuary, takes us into the wild. We make art from our flaws, fragilities, perversities, from our need to communicate or be entertained or stave off death, to create our own mating dances, to deliver our own children, to mourn. Art is bigger than mere subject matter. It is as big as life.”

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jen_the_scribe

Art Is Life: Icons and Iconoclasts, Visionaries and Vigilantes, and Flashes of Hope in the Night | Jerry Saltz

“All art is a kind of exorcism. This is what gives art its power, to change the conditions of our life.”

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