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I just came back from a clinic for suicidal depression, it's my first day at home and I'm on meds for the first time in years. I still feel exactly the same. What books can you suggest to get over my shit? Have any of you successfully overcome something of this sort through literature? No, I don't think I'm special - I'm just genuinely looking for help. Thanks in advance.
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>>7640205
read something fun, like Borges
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>>7640205
I don't know that just literature will help you out of this slump. I really like reading short stories when I'm depressed, Just simple stuff, maybe sherlock or something. I feel like you'd be better off with some exercise, and talking to people. the more you stay stuck in your head, the worse it often gets. I've saved my mother a few times from suicide, and it's a tough thing to get through. Find someone who thinks you're important. Read lighthearted and funny literature, like Don Quixote, or even something simple and funny, like Douglas Adams or Terry Pratchett, if you like that sort of thing. Who cares about being a patrician right now anyway? I sincerely hope you start feeling better. I'm hopeful and confident that if you're seeking help anywhere, that you'll find purpose and meaning in your life, that you'll find self worth, and not always have to rely on others, (though right now, i wouldnt recommend going alone!). Just be safe, and know that some people love you even if they don't know you.
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>>7640205
on the vanity of existence schopenhauer

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>The overall industry numbers point to staff makeup that is 79% white, 78% cis woman, 88% straight, and 92% not differently abled.

>One bright spot in the survey results is the publishing industry’s gender composition, which leans heavily away from men/cis men and toward women/cis women

>The conclusion to the survey nods to similar problems in other media, and certainly the film industry’s reluctance to commit to producing or honoring black and non-white artists and staff comes immediately to mind.

http://flavorwire.com/558171/book-publishing-is-as-almost-white-as-the-oscars


>straight white anons think they'll get published
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>>7633934
>le "every post is about race, sexuality, or gender" meme

back to
>>>/pol/
>>>/tumblr/
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>>7633934
There was just a thread on this two days ago:

http://www.salon.com/2016/01/26/white_women_of_publishing_new_survey_shows_a_lack_of_diversity_behind_the_scenes_in_book_world/

Marlon James claimed that writing in this time was basically pandering to white women, and on his facebook he claimed that even after his man booker he got news through the grapevine that he was almost blacklisted from publishing news outlets until some black female executives got sassy.

>Black gay author
>fighting female oriented industry because of said females skin color
>because he wants a larger share of the publishing pie towards male oriented fiction

The left has basically shattered at this point
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>>7633946
Are you going to pretend it doesn't matter?

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Amazon told me I can choose one of these books free

>Divergent by Veronica Roth
>The Last Kingdom (The Last Kingdom Series, Book 1) by Bernard Cornwell
>The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
>Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb (The Liveship Traders, Book 1)
>Payback by Kimberley Chambers
>Sleigh Bells in the Snow by Sarah Morgan

Anyone recommend any of these?
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They're all shit except perhaps this Cornwell I know nothing about, but it being a series means it's probably shit too. You can also probably pirate those anyway.
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Corrections
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Tell amazon to go fuck themselves

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Have you been saved /lit/?
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>>7646413
fuck off sage
jesus died
have u not read nietzsche lol
LOL
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yeah but by a weird demiurge that reveals itself to me only after occult phenomenology and then often in sexual innuendo

kind of wish he'd fuck off
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It's hard to say because I'm not dead.

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>Last chapter's title is also the book's name
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>the book has chapters
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>book ends in a nice number like x00
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>book doesn't describe all colors in HTML color codes

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Yea i read literatures were the books at
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nice chart family.

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Quick question /lit/, thinking of buying some Soseki books, namely this and Sanshiro. Anyone have recommendations on the best versions? I see a few translations for Kokoro right off the bat.
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i read meredith mckinney and the feels were definitely there, choked up and was in tears.

apparently supposed to be the better translation
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if you have an ereader, theyre all free online, along with a lot of good J-Lit.
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I read Sanshiro (the Penguin Classics one) and hated it.

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What's the title of that Joyce story where some old guy sits down next to a couple kids and starts jerking off in front of them?
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I think you mean An Encounter but that's really not what happened.
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What is the source of this picture?
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>>7646450
What happened then?

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how do you pronounce 'Shar-ik?' is it 'Shar-eek' or 'Shar-ick' or 'Share-eek' or some other Russian bullshit?
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just sharick
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>>7646479
Little Ball
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>>7646479
Shah-reek.
Source: Russian.

I just started this. It's pretty comfy. Is anyone else reading it? You can tell that it was written for an international audience (the narrator even mentions this).

Anyway, do you consider Pamuk worth reading?
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>>7646452
is he a white heterosexual male? Then yes.

If no, then 'no'
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>>7646452
He's awesome OP. I love him. Now this guy can write.
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im turkish and have the book, i might read it after im finished with what im reading at the moment. thank you for reminding.

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How come there aren't any books / short stories about SCP? Seems like a gold mine for writers.

Other than the question, feel free to talk about ideas and rough drafts about such stories
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I would love to see some writings about SCP. But I don't know if there actually writings about them.
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There are short stories all over the SCP site. How have you not found them?
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>>7646022
There is, but they are pretty bad.

About to start this monster, what to expect?
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>>7646508
Just fucking read the book, you autist
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>>7646508

Is it relevant to present-day European?
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>>7644860
Yes
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you don't have to be European to get it

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Any fans at all ?

Any similar readings recommended ?
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>>7644105
Harry Potter.
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>>7644105
you'll have to try harder than that, son.
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>>7644132
It's supper good.

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Just finished reading the 4th part of this book and am gonna read the appendix.
What do the people of /lit/ think about this book?
Favorite part?
Is this the best Faulkner has to offer or did he do better?
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Liked Quentin's and Benjy's sections the most, desu.

>select all candy
>mfw Candy sounds like Cady
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>>7640684
Many have Absalom, Absalom as his masterpiece. Personally I prefer The Hamlet. All the Yok County stuff is worth reading. Don't get memed- faulker is a god
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Jumping into a lake wearing concrete shoes next week in honor of Quentin. Wish me luck!

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