the recognitions is the new infinite jest
women and men is the new the recognitions
>>7637849
Segawa's friend was a dyke, right?
>>7637849
What about JR?
the Recognitions is what IJ was based on you pleb
What do you think of it?
favorite author?
favorite book?
>>7637205
>It's OK
>Drummond, Nelson Rodrigues and Nassar
>I don't know
that guy looks funny.
>>7637375
Well, he had epilepsy
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"The downfall of classical ideals made all men potential artists, and therefore bad artists. When art depended on solid construction and careful observance of rules, few could attempt to be artists, and a fair number of these were quite good. But when art, instead of being understood as creation, became merely an expression of feelings, then anyone could be an artists, because everyone has feelings."
- Pessoa
That's why we have capitalism, you sensitive faghole, to weed out the nerds.
> When art depended on solid construction and careful observance of rules, few could attempt to be artists,
That doesn't follow at all. If he means 'coincidentally, classicism coincided with the period of greatest social immobility', then he may have an arguable point, but I suspect he doesn't mean that.
>>7636336
>That doesn't follow at all.
You're going to have to elaborate. Simply saying "That doesn't follow" doesn't demonstrate that it doesn't follow.
>>7636324
Capitalism accelerates social progressivism in art though. Capitalism creates an audience and a purpose for mediocre art; namely, the acquisition of social and financial capital.
Do you know books with really good illustrations? Were they made by the author or another illustrator? What do you like about them?
I esp. like the illustrations of Walter Moers. - pic related
>>7636102
this entire book is like a little work of art. the fonts, margin illustrations etc
i have some nice illustrated Fasut copy by Harry Clarke
Anything illustrated by gustave dore
Questions that don't deserve their own thread
If I'm published in a peer-reviewed undergraduate literary journal can I refer to myself as having been "published"?
You can refer to yourself as published in a peer-reviewed undergraduate literary journal. Or just say "published", it's not a law, who cares?
Should I read Dante's husbando, Virgil?
>he already sold out
That didn't take long.
Wait what happened?
jesus christ
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpkE4cS-D0rXmnTjCA0fCkw atleast we have the Knausgaard lookalike, he's also a published author so i think i'll just start watching his videos instead of this greedy cunt
>War and Peace
>Pride and Prejudice
>Fear and Trembling
>Being and Nothingness
>Crime and Punishment
>Of Mice and Men
>And and And
>>7636053
So... GOAT titles thread?
>frankenstein, or the modern prometheus
>moby dick, or the whale
>blood meridian, or the evening redness in the west
>>7636074
Why not?
Best horror fiction plz.
tips fedora
apparently Thomas Ligotti is not bad for that. I've only read his Conspiracy Against the Human Race, which is one of the funniest things I've ever encountered.
>>7634747
Shining
Books of Blood
The Hellbound Heart
Song of Kali
Misery
Pet Semetary
Lovecraft Collected Works.
Amityville Horror
The Exorcist
Child of God
Broken Monsters is new
Painted Bird
The Stranger Beside Me
The Girl Next Door (Ketchum)
The Vampyre and other tales by Polidori
Dracula Frankenstein etc
What's your fav Faulkner short story?
roundabout
Faulkner is living proof that people shouldn't drink alcohol
>>7638456
Why?
ITT: characters who did nothing wrong
Humbert Humbert.
Satan. Seriously. Adam & Eve too.
What is the purpose of literature?
>>7637969
Wide and diverse categories don't have singular purposes.
look smarter and get girls
All art is quite useless.
If I had to guess...
Infinite Jest, David Foster Wallace
The Perks of Being a Wallflower, I can't remember
Norwegian Wood, Huraki Murakami
City on Fire, Garth Risk Hallberg
Deposed in the last 5 years...
Dark Tower books, Stephen King
House of Leaves, Mark Z. Danielewski
There are frequently 5 or 6 books, that people rush out and buy in droves, because their friend / tabloid / some asshole on the internet told them to, and the books sell millions. I'm not saying these books are neccesarily bad, but it's weird how people latch on so strongly to such a small number of books, at any given time. Usually the people who don't read, of course.
i-is this b8? i can't even tell anymore
>>7637760
Instead of trolling, post why you think it's wrong (although you probably agree).
>>7637771
uhm, well, infinite jest, norwegian wood, and wallflower are all very "played out" already...hardly new and exciting "it" books for 2016...
ITT: Genuine hacks.
>>7635710
really?
why?
don't be a cock like that
post content or get the fuck out
John Lennon wrote some catchy pop songs. you take that back.
>>7635710
why does he look like that jew caricature?
Let's see that handwriting, /lit/.
>I type
Let's see it anyways
>>7627768
Barely understand anything
>babby's first microeconomics
>>7627791
Not OP, but I was a junior in high school taking AP Micro/Macro when I did this shit kek
Is this a thing? I don't know shit about printing and I wonder what happens if I download a digital book, maybe one out of print, and want to transform that into an actual physical one. What should I keep in mind? Is there a place that does this with quality paper? I assume it's going to be expensive, but how much if we assume I want similar quality to one edition that costs, as an example, 30 dollars?
>>7638488
Your local staples/kinkos/etc will do it
Custom binding is time consuming but not that difficult
Search it up on Google or instructables
It's pretty easy once you get good at making fascicles. If they're not even, you're screwed. If they're even and neat, it's pretty easy to make a usable, readable book
OP here. I'm not talking about doing it myself, but paying for it.
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