why aren't millennials getting published?
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Millenials are being published.
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Because they have nothing intelligent to say
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>>8415830
Because millennials aren't reading.
Chuck Palahniuk is my favorite author.
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I feel very sad and lonely.
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>>8415771
i tried damned and it sucked, so it will probably be a while before i try him again.
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>>8415771
I swear he's related to Beria
How can I increase my reading concentration? like I can read something, but not fully grasp it.
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>>8415766
reading comprehension is something that comes with time and a little effort.
after reading a short bit of something, try summarizing what you just read to yourself. writing it down helps. if youre cloudy about what you just read, try rereading it again. analyses on the internet help for popular texts.
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>>8415766
If I get confused or don't understand something, I reread from the last paragraph. I reread until it makes sense to me.
Sometimes it is tempting to gloss over some sentences when you get bored or the story becomes unexciting compared to other parts, but I encourage you to fight the habit.
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>>8415766
Stop reading short novels!!
>can tell that something is about to happen
>involuntarily glance over to the page on the right and scan it for anything before I've finished reading the page on the left
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>>8415754
>casually glance at the last page before starting the book.
>involuntarily read the last sentance
>PLOT FUCKING TWIST RUINED
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>think about life while reading
>don't absorb what i've read at all
>keep reading without re-reading the part i spaced out during
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>>8415759
Fear of "spoilers" is a symptom of art being hijacked by consumer ideologies. People feel robbed of the content if it is given to them out of the context (packaging) it's sold in. If the content of a book or film can really be spoiled by revealing an unexpected turn in the plot, it was shit anyway.
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Let's talk about Dubliners. What's your favorite story?
I'm partial to An Encounter. Reading it for the first time it's a legitimately scary moment once the man starts ranting about corporal punishment an the narrator doesn't know what to do, and that last line, "And I was penitent; for in my heart I had always despised him a little," is fantastic.
How the hell does he write such a good story in less than ten pages? And at age 25?
anyways, in b4 farts
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>>8415739
It's not h write good things at that age. Getting them published is the hard part, as Joyce's own experiences show.
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>>8415749
Yeah, but I personally can't string together a workable sentence of prose so for the more compact stories I'm amazed at how much he accomplishes. Especially considering his reputation for obscurity via Ulysses and Finnegan's Wake, neither of which I've read.
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I'm working my way through it now. It's genuinely amazing.
My favorite so far is probably "After the Race," for the sheer lushness and beauty of the described events, mingling of course with the underlying melancholy of the main character.
It's surprising how affecting and moving these stories are in so little space. For example, in "Clay," when Maria loses the plum cake I felt genuinely awful for her. Perhaps it's because I know what it's like when things don't go according to plan, and your attempt to play magician and surprise someone falls apart. And, perhaps, that's the key with the power of the stories: Joyce really seems to know just how people feel in various instances, and he can communicate these feelings with extreme effectiveness.
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how long did it take you to read the bible? 2016-08-19 21:42:55 Post No.8415719
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how long did it take you to read the bible?
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I started reading the bible several days ago. I can see it spanning over a year by the time I finish it. I will want to read other books in between reading this so it may take a while for me.
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>>8415719
Cool man
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>>8415732
>Not reading the title
OP I read through psalms in like 2 hours, so maybe if you sped through it 2-3 days? Honestly you can never finish reading it and actually understand it. I would venture there are more books discussing its contents than any other genre.
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>www.kingjamesbibleonline.org
Just found this resource and I like it. It has audio and commentary. I think I might start reading/listening to the bible in this way.
Why is this book such a slow read
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I put it down, it makes no sense and it's one of those books that tires me out after a single page.
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>>8415674
I understand it but it's just incredibly difficult to read
Like heart of darkness
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>>8415664
Thats the point surely? I read it to have read it but i wouldnt again desu
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What's the difference between a pseud and an actual intellectual?
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>>8415652
none, though it may also be rather large
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pseud - watches Filthy Frank
actual - watches iDubbz
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ITT we summarize books in one sentence 2016-08-19 21:22:41 Post No.8415636
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ITT we summarize books in one sentence
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>80s memes: the novel
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>>8415636
>lol xDlol xDlol xDlol xDlol xDlol xDlol xDlol xDlol xDlol xD
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>medieval memes: the manuscript
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>>8415636
>i really hate the pope
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>1 page essay on The Second Sex due by the end of the Fall semester
>Haven't even started yet
Oh fuck I'm freaking out
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where did you read "your looser fucking blog" on this board?
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>>8415640
Right in your post
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1 page. 1 full page. 1 entire and complete page.
How are you going to accomplish such a perillous feat of strenght?
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Are there any magazines worth subscribing to? I don't mean lit mags, just magazines in general. Teebeeaitch it sounds like playboy may be worth it, with the history of good writing being in it plus the added bonus of fap material.
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TLS
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>>8415607
I've actually been thinking about subscribing. Is it a bunch of liberal propaganda (can't believe I'm actually using that phrase) like the New Yorker has become? I actually identify as a moderate/liberal, and I feel like the New Yorker sells out on ideas far too often.
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>>8415606
Where can a man acquire this armor made of live monkeys?
asking for a friend.
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Hello /lit/, I hope you can help me out.
I'm very interested in Japan's history, culture and I'm generally curious how life in Japan is nowadays, so I'm looking for good books to read.
Please no fiction or "westernized" works.
A coworker told me about a book he read, where a guy lived there for 10 years and explains how Japan works, it sounded really interesting, unfortunately the book is only available in Russian.
Can you recommend me something?
I checked the catalog, archive and asked on /jp/ before, but I couldn't find anything like that, oh and /jp/ informed me that their board is only for touhous and onaholes and the like.
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ITT:
A weeaboo who is using "culture" and "history" as a cover-up for his interest in video games and anime.
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>>8415605
If you can't read moonrunes, you won't find what you want. Even if you do read moonrunes, you'll be sorely disappointed to find out how westernized Japan is these days.
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>>8415605
Is the board called books, or is it called literature? Not literature, not /lit/.
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I kind of find difficult to believe in anything he wrote after I discovered that he died alone and drunk after a couple of divorces. It's like not even himself read his books. I believe it's proof that nobody, nobody has their lives in order.
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>>8415602
>one guy dies sad and alone
>this is proof no one has their life in order
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>>8415611
>one guy says that being sad is absurb because we are god and nature and we cannot make mistakes because clouds cannot be bad at being clouds
>same guy dies sad
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>>8415625
Maybe clouds are suppose to die sad
He is an interesting thinker regardless of his personal life
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Writing a historical fiction novel. AMA. 2016-08-19 20:58:16 Post No.8415566
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Writing a historical fiction novel. AMA.
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Self explanatory really.
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kill yourself?
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>>8415569
Why? Also, adding a question mark to a sentence doesn't make it a question.
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>>8415569
My favorite historical fiction story is the one where I was never born tbqhwumf4cp
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Explain why these things are wrong:
>reading for the plot
>prose is not the most important in a book
>I read to be entertained
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>>8415559
>Joyce
>what is it then?
>do what you want
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>>8415559
there's nothing wrong with those statements, although it's wrong to think it's the only way to get something from a book
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>reading for the plot
Best to just read for experience
>prose is not the most important in a book
I don't disagree in all cases
>I read to be entertained
Good for you