Who are the hip publishers/writers of today? I'd like to know who I'm competing with.
>>9115877
holy fucking shit! Who, tell me, in his right mind wouldn't wish to get bumped by her asshole on his face?
Anyone?
brap
Serious question here: what are the best arguments against anti-natalism?
I truly can't justify to myself the act of bringing new life into this world, I truly can't find any argument that could led me to such a choice, especially when you consider the fact that I'm clinically depressed.
With what courage could I give life to a new human being (that will be most likely depressed, flawed, since everyone in my family seems to suffer from it) in a universe that I can only see as cruel and indifferent.
I honestly think that human consciousness is a negative experience, and that no existence whatsoever is preferable to this condition. I wish that I was never born.
Everytime I talk about it with other people, they will start telling me about things such as ''order'' and ''beauty'', but I truly find it obscene.
It may seem weird, but in a sense I think that the creation of such an universe would be profoundly unethical. I mean, who would design and kickstart an universe like this?
Help me, /lit/.
>anti-natalism
This brings me back two years ago when this shit was popular on here. Even when everyone was an atheist this shit was retarded man.
>>9115883
>two years ago
In 2015? Nah broham, you're remembering 2012/13. That shit was almost half a decade ago.
This is JPOP idol Hashimoto Nanami from Nogizaka46. She'll graduate from the group this coming Monday. More importantly, her favorite book is Norwegian Wood by Murakami. Is she, dare I say, /ourgirl/?
I want to impregnate her.
>Murakami
This man in my country, he is nothing.
>>9115762
I'm more of an Ikuta man myself but I applaud your attempt at shilling for your oshimen on /lit/ of all places.
Why do great authors gradually become better and better before peaking generally between 35-55 and then getting gradually worse before becoming, in some instances, genuinely shit. I mean how did the man who wrote Gravity's Rainbow at 35-ish, then write Bleeding Edge at 75-ish? I know he wrote M&D in between but the point stands and it seems to be the acknowledged trend for artists in all mediums, really. I just don't understand what happens to the ambition and talent of these writers. There are exceptions I know like Dante and Joyce, but as I say they are exceptions. Has any writer written about this phenomenon?
I know Ishiguro said that most writers will write their defining and best work at around 30 years old or before. I think its a question of the exhaustibility of revelation. Writers are writing about themselves and their internal relation or distance to the world, even if they're using incredibly far out plots all the electricity that makes it run is from their own internal friction. Some people get too comfortable, complacent, or they've just unloaded such a huge reserve of their own angst and capacity for revelation that they don't have anything left to write with. They've closed the distance between themselves and the world or identified their view of the world too closely so their writings come off as almost ripoffs of their old stuff. What makes great art is tension and friction, youth is full of that, but its rarer in old age.
>>9115738
makes sense thanks
The first things that a writer creates are based on ideas they have been thinking about their entire life. The very first works suffer from being unable to communicate those ideas clearly, and the very late works suffer from depleting their idea reservoir.
I'm very curious on how Nabokov developed his contrarian opinions.
Can you point to other writers or perhaps critics that he would have read to develop his own opinions?
How does someone have the confidence to vehemently criticise other well-regarded writers?
Does he see something in literature that most of us don't?
>>9115320
I don't have any insight into Nabokov's 'formative moments' re his literary outlook, but I have this link, with Nabokov offering some rather pithy/acerbic appraisals of his contemporaries (and predecessors):
http://wmjas.wikidot.com/nabokov-s-recommendations
>>9115352
I have read these, and his lecture on Kafka's The Metamorphosis. These are what led me to my curiousity.
I'm interested in his aversion to the concept of 'big ideas' e.g. blanket terms like Existentialism or Realism or Romanticism & focusing more on the merit of the work as a standalone aesthetic.
Nabokov's deal is that he appraises other literary works by standards that aren't really applicable, leading him to deductions that are often negative but occasionally illuminating in truly inventive ways. For instance when teaching Ulysses he placed a huge emphasis on geographic relationships with an almost pedantic approach to tracking the setting of each scene. I also recommend his lecture on The Metamorphosis. If you want to learn more I direct you to his book "Strong Opinions". Overall Nabokov saw a potential for literary aesthetics and formal invention that he pursued doggedly in his own work, and used as a criterion when judging the work of others.
Alright, /lit/, let's say that you had a great philosophical idea that NO ONE had ever heard of before, but unfortunately for you, you weren't in academia. How would you go about making that idea public and:
a) Making the most money from revealing it
b) Getting as many people in the world to learn of this idea?
Completely hypothetical scenario, I know, but assuming it ever happened. Who would you contact? How would you protect your idea?
Keep in mind, this idea would not only benefit yourself, but also society at large, so there's no downside to "publishing" it.
>>9115160
lol why didnt you make this thread about how dumb women are?
see you're pic, they think cologne (the perfume) is the same as colon (the organ) pmsl. Schopenhauer was right
>>9115160
>Alright, /lit/, let's say that you had a great philosophical idea that NO ONE had ever heard of before, but unfortunately for you, you weren't in academia.
What's your idea, anon?
>>9115178
Can't say ;)
But this is still a serious thread, and I'd like a serious response to my question. Who would you contact?
So what's the deal with him?
NIGGER
>>9115102
Can someone give me a quick rundown on this guy?
>>9115135
Reads a lot. Likes Vonnegut. Is a scientist or something.
Has anyone else read this?
>That semi-fantasy setting
>That comfy-but-dangerous atmosphere
>That focus on moral-grey-ground and questioning ethics
I can't find anything else like it. I tried Never Let Me Go, and was sorely disappointed by the comparatively drab everything.
Any recs?
I read it, I prefered The Unconsoled.
>>9114940
Just checked out the blurb, looks super interesting.
What's with the acclaim about Never Let Me Go, if you read it? I feel like I might be missing something about it, nothing about it seemed to affect me at all.
>>9114947
its the most normie one. also had a movie.
Definitive Ishiguro Power Ranking:
>Canonical masterpiece tier
The Unconsoled - S
>Beloved classic tier
The Remains of the Day - A+
The Buried Giant - A+
>Delightful intro tier
Cellists - A
Crooner - B
>Flawed but touching tier
Never Let Me Go - B+
>Novel experimentation tier
A Pale View of Hills - B
>Traditionally proficient tier
Artist of the Floating World - B-
>Flawed experimentation tier
When We Were Orphans - C
Nocturne - C
Come Rain or Come Shine - C-
Malvern Hills - C-
what did /lit/ read as a child?
If you want to meme - you're welcome. Know you're being funny and we all care.
Warrior series
Redwall
Series of Unfortunate Events
Flowers for Algernon
The Mouse and the Motorcycle
Boxcar Children
Harry Potter, each one as the came out
Pretty typical desu
someone else has read those young detective series written by Alfred Hitchcock?
>>9114767
Terry Pratchett - at one time I was the youngest member of the Discworld fanclub that you'd sign up for by writing to the address at the back of the book.
Couldn't read him now though.
How to start with Kierkegaard?
Um, maybe read his book?
O wait no you must start with the Sumerians first otherwise you don't understand who he is responding to
Try reading his books.
either/or is accessible even to P L E B s like you t b h
What does /lit/ think of H.P Lovecraft?
Dude he's a FUCKING RACIST
I'd say that he's probably one of the very few horror authors to understand mankind's relationship with the Unknown, how fundamental it is and how incredibly hard (and madness inducing) being a true "rational, logical thinker" is. Also, I don't mind his writing style too much even though people on here like to shit on it.
>>9113614
Yes, he is a great writer.
>turn in paper via email
>professor replies: "Too short."
>check with other students
>12pt, huge line spacing, blank spaces wherever possible
>change to same values as others
>accepted and graded
Do professors even read the stuff one turns in?
Why do they fall for the oldest tricks?
>>9113475
Maybe study something that isn't shit?
My papers include hyper-detailed descriptions including how many characters are allowed, whether blanks and dots count towards characters, etc. and our papers cannot be too short, only too long because no one would try to get away with less than the maximum.
>submit paper two pages under requirement
>still get an A
Quality over quantity my friends
>>9113475
>uni doesn't have a required set format for all papers
Word size 12
1.5 spacing
Times New Roman
Oxford referencing
> We particularly like to publish women of color, minority voices, and those identifying as LGBTQA+
What happened to contemporary poetry?
like everything today, it's been absorbed by ideology
nowadays art is very political, personally I blame mass media for it
if it really bothers you senpai just pretend to be demiqueer or whatever they want to hear
Poetry is just random words from thesaurus on a few lines
Please explain the worth of poetry in a literate society, I don't understand it
mfw this brainlet can't even defend himself against a grad student
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuuTOpZxwRk
>>9112396
>all of that fedora brigade defending harris
Why did I scroll down? Why is superiority painful?
>>9112407
Is there a bigger hack than this cunt?
The day he is forgotten like Hitchens is the day I shall rejoice.
>>9112396
He completely and logically refuted the point raised.
Post your favourite works of art, good books that deal with art history, theory, philosophy or biographies and essays by important artists.
I'd also like to hear if this kind of thread is compatible with this board (since it's not entirely about literature but /li/ is practically the only board where you can talk about art).
Has anyone read On the spiritual in art by Kandinsky?
>pic related is Odd Nerdrum
>odd nerdrum
That just so happens to be the name of my character on old-school runescape :)
>>9112401
If it's a joke, it's a really good one. If it's real ... just wow.
Wassily Kandinsky - Inner Alliance