tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36486960.post1654197821512609007..comments2023-12-20T17:48:18.108-05:00Comments on To Delight and to Instruct: Influential Writers Annotated, The Undergrad YearsHoracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15662740021328265642noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36486960.post-19669821812956576422009-03-17T14:18:00.000-04:002009-03-17T14:18:00.000-04:00Keats, poetry and letters both. Gorgeous, as Dr. C...Keats, poetry and letters both. Gorgeous, as Dr. Crazy says. <BR/><BR/>Of Erica Jong, I have read only Fear of Flying and can remember only the part where she watches TV in Lebanon and sees all the subtitles. Why that should stick when everything else about the book has vanished from memory is a mystery.<BR/><BR/>I really like what you're doing with these book lists, which are much more and much better than just lists.undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36486960.post-87239862086029422202009-03-17T01:16:00.000-04:002009-03-17T01:16:00.000-04:001. You put Keats on the list because Keats is gor...1. You put Keats on the list because Keats is gorgeous. Period. Another who could go on your list for this reason would be Gerard Manley Hopkins. Seriously.<BR/><BR/>2. I love Erica Jong. Seriously. I even published something related to her, although she is so not my continent, although she is my century. How to Save Your Own Life RULES.<BR/><BR/>3. "What is an Author?" - "The Death of the Author" - Gaaahhh! Love! Death! Love! Awesome! Wicked!<BR/><BR/>I assure you that I have more articulate things to say, but seriously, I believe that the above articulate my basic positions :)<BR/><BR/>Congrats on the house by the by - I feel like I might not have mentioned that :)<BR/><BR/>tkDr. Crazyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12457967076373916629noreply@blogger.com