So Stirner is pretty much saying that Ivan and Smerdyakov from the Brothers Karamazov did nothing wrong?
There is no such thing as "wrong"
>In the following pages, I go beyond those 5 minutes a week that I normally share in an interview. I'm going to invite you in a little further the way you do with a friend or with people you know will understand. I hope you'll be entertained, enlightened, inspired, and/or stirred. I hope I'll provoke laughter, tears, and everything in between.
He meant he was whacking it during the interview.
James Joyce's Dubliners and Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities.
Any similar works with urban existanialism vibes?
>>7581257
Dubliners didn't seem very existentialist to me. Maybe "The Plague" might be something that fits your criteria.
>>7581257
Just picked up dubliners
What am I in for
>>7581799
high-quality writing but most of what is depicted is still pretty drab and for most of them they don't end up being that interesting or captivating, probably his weakest work IMO
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Hey /lit/, I'm hoping you can point me in the right direction.
I'm the classic STEM person who didn't get much time to study English. Over the last few years I've really enjoyed reading in my free time. My problem is that I don't think I know enough about composition and grammar to really turn a critical eye to what I'm reading.
Things like proper conjunction usage, split infinitives (if people still care so much about those?), participles, etc.. Unfortunately, my work schedule doesn't afford me the time to take classes at a local university so I'm constrained in that sense.
What would be some good resources for a person like me? I've been really enjoying Garner's Dictionary of Modern American Usage, but think I would get more out of it with better understanding of composition/grammar.
I recommend this book.
http://www.amazon.com/McGraw-Hill-Handbook-English-Grammar-Usage/dp/0071799907/
>>7581293
Cool, thanks. There are so many books on grammar it can be a little overwhelming to try and find one that is actually useful.
Thanks for the recommendation!
Knowing grammar won't really help you be critical -- it'll improve your appreciation, but you'll want to read some actual criticism, or just read a good bit, to read more critically.
Hi /lit/
Why when I start reading i feel sleepy? Seriously, It's really annoying.
I like reading, but It's hard to do it sleepy.
What you recommend?
Read in the morning. Read standing up.
>>7581220
I'll try that. Thanks!
>>7581220
Amphetamines. Not really recommending this but I used to pop adderall and read like a maniac. Even philosophical texts that I would have struggled to get through sober were incredibly easy to read and entertaining. But drugs are bad m'kay
>he hasn't read Menexenus
Ahahaha you utter pleb, its probably Plato's best dialogue.
That's not how you spell Cratylus.
>>7581164
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ps-haF8iN8
>>7581210
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz4bWMxpzUo
So I just finished Stoner, and one thing bugged me while I was reading. What is his name? He is calle both Bill and William. Is Bill a nickname? Did I miss something?
Are you foreign?
Bill is a common nickname/petname/short name for William.
>>7581137
At least it's not Richard -> Dick.
>>7581137
I am Scandinavian.
I had no idea. Thanks.
What are some short story collections I should look at to get into reading?
Is reading one short story a day a reasonable goal?
Chekhov, Flannery O'Connor, Carver, Gogol, Kafka... those are kinda entry level (which doesn't mean they're bad) short story writers.
Yeah, you should read one story a day imo. That's the best way you cant start enjoying reading; if you don't finish a story or chapter in a reading session, it may be difficult to engage with it later.
>>7581150
This.
I'd add Cortázar and Rulfo to that list, and state that I strongly support Chekov as a first-read regarding short stories.
After those, you can scale up to more mid-tier to high-tier authors such as Borges or Calvino.
>>7581035
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever by James Tiptree Jr.
Gutshot by Amelia Gray
well that was depressing
Quelle surprise.
>>7581022
>TFW the existential crisis of Javer being unable to uphold the law while also being moral
>TFW his suicide
javier did nothing wrong
I just graduated from college and realized that during my time in the ivory tower I lost my attention span for leisurely reading (STEM major). How do I get it back again? It would be a useful tool now that I'm unemployed with no job prospects.
Sit down and read, dumbass.
>>7580999
Pretty much this.
Start with short stuff and keep going.
Where's the frog pasta when you need it
What did he mean this?
>>7580974
mods, please add 'what did he mean by this'-threads to bannable offenses, thanks.
sage and report
>find this in the "used" pile of a local walmart
>25 fucking pesos
>buy it without thinking
>start reading it
>first couple of pages are completely different from what i remember
>the whole fucking chapter is switched
>the prose is shit
>it's 2 chapters short
>fuck it's only half the length of the english version
it sucks to live in a third world country
You got censored edition hombre.
Lmao
>>7580736
I've never seen one of these irl. Didn't know that portrait was on the spine too.
This is such a ridiculous fucking. Every time I see it I can't believe someone let that got printed.
Is that Jimmy Carr?
How can I face the inevitable and quit writing /lit/? I know everything I do is pure garbage, a waste of space on my hdd. But I always feel the need to write, I can't stop it.
If you have to motivate yourself to stop writing rather than motivate yourself to start, you should keep going.
you can't stop. writers are defective people. get used to it.
>>7580731
keep going man. it's probably not half bad.
Donald Rumsfeld: What Kind of Iraq Do You Want, Senpai?
>>7580639
Wolfowitz was worse
>>7581052
Bremer was the true fuckup, though
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