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Let's say I've written 20 poems and want to publish them in a little book.
What happens from on here? I pay for publishing a book, also have to pay for 'x' amount of copies, and I'm also very likely to never make any money out of it right?
Basically this is done for my own soul right? Since there will probably never be any benefits out of it?
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If you're a total unknown, then yes.
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Don't worry maybe you'll end up like nikolai gogol
>"He had hoped for literary fame, and brought with him a Romantic poem of German idyllic life – Hans Küchelgarten. He had it published, at his own expense, under the name of "V. Alov." The magazines he sent it to almost universally derided it. He bought all the copies and destroyed them, swearing never to write poetry again."
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Send manuscripts to publishers, magazines. Pull some strings eventually. If you are good, you might even get a rejection letter.
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Purity going to be a TV show
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/02/business/media/jonathan-franzens-purity-coming-to-showtime-starring-daniel-craig.html
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so the sex scenes won't be revolting?
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Good. My favorite novel by Franzen and one of the best things I've read in years.
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>>8186492
nice try franzen
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Was he the smartest man in history?
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>>8185386
Me.
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>>8185386
Since when does /lit/ listen to brown people?
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nah, that's me
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Was Foucault right?
But does it really make sense for a philosopher without any education in psychiatry to write such a book?
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>>8185272
>without any education in psychiatry
Um? Wrong, he was educated with psychiatrists and worked constantly in psych wards
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>>8185279
My mistake. But was he right? Does his words hold any merit?
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>>8185295
Definitely, the book is a classic.
I'm looking for a book with the magical, melancholic aesthetics of Days of Heaven or The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford although more on the comfortable side so no Blood Meridian please.
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
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Stoner by John Williams is exactly what you're looking for. I'd also recommend Faulkner, particularly his short stories. Get the collected version and you can just thumb through and you'll find what you're seeking.
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Do you have moomins in your country and what do you think about it ?
I read them when I was little and now re-reading, gotta say it is pretty neat and good
It is pretty dark for a childrens book
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Moomintrolls are so weird and cute. Snufkin is the best character in all of literature. Overall, A+.
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>>8185119
Loved the TV show, Moomins are underrated af
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Watched it in 4th grade because my teacher was Finnish
Have always wanted to check it out
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at what point does a literary work collapse into "genre fiction"? how does one avoid such pitfalls?
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1. When it uses a significant number of the tropes that define a given genre
2. By not using them
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>>8185091
Something becomes genre fiction when the primary goal is the plot instead of the themes, art, etc.
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also genre fiction is plot-driven
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Thoughts on Touched with Fire by Kay Redfield Jamison ?
Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament is a book by the American psychologist Kay Redfield Jamison examining the relationship between bipolar disorder and artistic creativity. It contains extensive case studies of historic writers, artists, and composers assessed as probably having suffered with Cyclothymia, Major Depressive Disorder, or Manic-Depressive/Bipolar Disorder
The book received the Lewis Thomas Prize
>The Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science, named for its first recipient, Lewis Thomas, is an annual literary prize
>scientists deemed to have accomplished a significant literary achievement: it "recognizes scientists as poets".
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Touched with Fire stars Katie Homes and Luke Kirby as two poets with bipolar disorder whose art is fueled by their emotional extremes. When they meet in a treatment facility, their chemistry is instant and intense driving each other's mania to new heights
https://youtu.be/Ex7nscQxS30
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Plato, in his dialogue Phaedrus (sections 246a–254e)...
...to explain his view of the human soul. He does this in the dialogue through the character of Socrates, who uses it in a discussion of the merit of Love as "divine madness"
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>>8185051
>new heights
Ever Upward
Your love will take me higher and higher
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I asked the guys on /x/ was wondering if anyone could help me out here, I'm basically trying to expand my library on the topics of demonology, hell, primordial gods magic, spirituality, etc. basically any any esoteric topics I can get my hands on. not exactly a beginner but could benefit for beginner books. any
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https://nephilimpress.com
^good cheap books on darker occult subjects
maybe try scarletimprint as well, generally high quality writings altho kinda espensive if you buy the "talismanic" editions
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more specific recommendations in case the websites wasn't quite up your alley
>demonology
the infernal dictionary might be good for you. also look up the goetia to see if it interests.
>hell
dante's inferno?
>primordial gods
joseph campbell's masks of god series?
>magic
crowley, waite, mathers, regardie, spare, chumbley, levi, agrippa, etc.
>spirituality
upanishads, dhamapada, baghavad gita, pali canon, yoga sutras, mahayana sutras, gnostic gospels, normal gospels, rumi, hafez, alan watts, etc.
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ITT: Rate the last five books you read out of 5 stars. Write a Nabokov style review for your highest and lowest rated books.
The Solitudes: 3/5
Hoelderlin, selected poems: 5/5
Child-soul: 3/5
F: 2/5
Notes to Literature: 4/5
F. Dislike it. Middling and insincere. A cheap attempt to accomplish what Gaddis already has, but without wit or erudition. Aborts rather than births the irony so necessary to its criticisms.
Hoelderlin. Love it. Divine and lofty. Satanic and base. A soul that understands what poetry can become when it makes hope itself bleak. A trailblazer who did not need to be recognized in order to permanently change the shape of verse.
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>>8184893
forgot the review
A Kestrel for a Knave: Okay as a story, not much merit to it as literature. I imagine it would make fpr a decent-ish film, though I haven't seen the film. I wouldn't necessarily call it "bad", just not particularly good.
Sansibar oder der letzte Grund: Unfortunate that this one isn't translated/read in English circles, it's a fantastic story and told very well imo. Nothing world moving and I wouldn't put it on any list of most important literature, but it was pretty great nonetheless.
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I found a 1927 reprint of Cicero
Is this in anyway noteworthy?
Whats the rarest book you own?
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A 1926 reprint of Cicero
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A 1925 reprint of Cicero
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A 1924 reprint of Cicero
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So where do I start with Hegel? Apparently Clausewitz's On War is better understood if you're familiar with Hegelian philosophy or whatever it's called beforehand.
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Bump.
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http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/hegel/
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/hegel-dialectics/
Then read some secondary literature or a primary source if you're still not satisfied
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>>8184772
You're already familiar with Hegelian philosophy whether or not you realize it.
Hegel is so influential that were once radical ideas in his day are now just common sense.
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I need a good book to sink my teeth into. It's really hard for me to get into one. I'm thinking a coming of age book with frequent drug use
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas or Trainspotting maybe?
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>>8184665
DUDE
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>>8184665
Start with the Greeks.
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What's your favourite gospel in The Bible and why?
What's your favourite translation?
Me, I like the book of Luke, I love its writing style, precise and careful and full of craftsmanship, and reads as an accurate and objective history. I love its emphasis on works and actions rather than laws and stories, and I love Acts. Luke writes with a clinical precision.
For translation I like The Geneva Bible.
>The spirit of the Lord is upon me. Wherefore he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor, he hath sent me to heal the contrite of heart, To preach deliverance to the captives and sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord and the day of reward.
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The Gospel of Thomas.
Also, the Jefferson Bible serves as a good "gospel."
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>>8185009
i met a kid named thomas, he was fucking fat and basically stupid
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>>8184618
John. That weird start really gets me going.
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How do you personally say DFW? I say it duff-wub.
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>>8184610
>speaking verbally
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>>8184610
dee-eff-double-yew
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>>8184610
I say God.