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Drafting a new /lit/ sticky
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/lit/ could use a new sticky, so let's create one.
A good sticky is short; ideally only a few lines containing the basic ground rules for the board and a handful of helpful links to guides and other resources. An eye-catching image is essential, and ideally you'd want something that embodies the spirit & culture of the board.
I'll present a first draft in this thread as a starting point, then people can make suggestions and offer criticism. After a few hours I'll post a new draft incorporating some of the changes that posters have suggested, and let people have another opportunity to make suggestions. Once we have a final draft for the sticky, I'll post it as a separate thread and leave this thread open for a while just in case there are any typos/errors or any last minute suggestions.
Please try to be constructive, and try to keep arguments and off-topic posts to a minimum, please.
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>>7624294
>An eye-catching image is essential
Have a dinosaur running across the page
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>>7624294
All in favour of DFW photo say aye
Also can we put I footnote somewhere in the text for the sake of cheeky banter
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Here's /his/'s sticky, just for reference purposes.
>This board is dedicated to the discussion of history and the other humanities such as philosophy, religion, law, classical artwork, archeology, anthropology, ancient languages, etc. Please use /lit/ for discussions of literature. Threads should be about specific topics, and the creation of "general" threads is discouraged.
>For the purpose of determining what is history, please do not start threads about events taking place less than 25 years ago. Historical discussions should be focused on past events, and not their contemporary consequences. Discussion of modern politics, current events, popular culture, or other non-historical topics should be posted elsewhere. General discussions about international culture should go on /int/.
>/his/ is not /pol/, and Global Rule #3 is in effect. Do not try to treat this board as /pol/ with dates. Blatant racism and trolling will not be tolerated, and a high level of discourse is expected. History can be examined from many different conflicting viewpoints; please treat other posters with respect and address the content of their post instead of attacking their character.
>When discussing history, please reference credible source material, and provide as much supporting information as possible in your posts.
Sidenote: This might be the best opportunity to really hash out how /lit/ handles humanities topics post-split.
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Why don't you study the science of pataphysics?
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>>7621122
Because I am not a pretentious hipster that thinks they are superior to others for discovering pataphysics and the oulipo when, in fact, that shit is passe and dull
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>French philosophy
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because I don't know french.
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>>7613512
I want that edition of Emerson sooooo bad. How much did it cost?
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>>7613579
I picked it up for roughly $30
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>>7613579
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?isbn=9780940450158&sts=t
bruh
Recomendations on great /litl/ books for free on Kindle?
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>>7631385
Literally read the sticky.
I'd recommend The Sound of Waves, by Mishima. Nice light reading for winter.
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>>7631385
Also, Orwell's essays.
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>>7631390
>FOR FREE on Kindle
Well, sorry, if it has such thing in sticky it past through me and that book is not free in Kindle, but thanks for the book, sounds good.
I have 9 books that I can't decide what to read next. From top left to the right I have:
1. Carnegie's "How to Win Friends and Influence People
2. A Struggle for Power; it's about the American Revolution
3. The Axe and the Oath; it's about the Medieval Age
4. The Holy Bible
5. A Piece of the Sun; it's about Fusion energy
6. A Very Short Introduction: Fascism
7. King Lear
8. A MidSummer's Night Dream
9. Dostoyevsky's Demons
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Lad you could have easily posted this in the QTDDTOT thread
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>>7631313
read the dostoyevsky and the fusion energy book
then about the revolution and some shakespear
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>>7631313
4,7,8,9,3,5,6
Toss the rest
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ITT: GOAT lines from literature 2016-01-27 20:32:31 Post No.7631267
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ITT: GOAT lines from literature
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>He found a line and pulled on it, fighting toward the hatch to get himself below out of the storm, but a gust of wind knocked his feet from under him and a second slammed him into the rail and there he clung. Rain lashed at his face, blinding him. His mouth was full of blood again. The ship groaned and growled beneath him like a constipated fat man straining to shit.
- Herman Melville, Moby Dick.
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>>7631267
gtfo grrm memer
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>>7631267
nice cover
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>no queequeg to spoon with
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Is it necessary to have read Kant's epistemology to understand his ethics?
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>>7631262
yes
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>Shakespeare was actually written by Bacon/Marlowe/de Vere/Queen Elizabeth/my cousin
Is this some weird inside joke, or do people actually believe this?
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it's a sign of fucking misogynoir
evidence is irrefutable that pic related wrote shakespeare
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>>7631229
Why do you keep posting this shit every time women or nonwhites are brought up on /lit/?
You'd be among similar-minded people on /pol/
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>>7631229
>She died in poverty
BASED SHAKESPEARE
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2666 to be turned into a play, funded by Powerball winnings 2016-01-27 19:53:14 Post No.7631167
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2666 to be turned into a play, funded by Powerball winnings
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http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/31/theater/2666-a-most-difficult-novel-takes-the-stage.html?_r=1
reminds me of the guy in the savage detectives who could visualie the winning numbers of the lottery
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>>7631167
spoil the ending for me please. I did not like the way the book ended.
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Pretty sure it already had a play. Hope they don't butcher the story that much.
Some scenes should be pretty nice to watch.
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the part where 1000 Mexican women get murdered one after another will probably be difficult to watch. that is a lot of actresses.
Well? She needs an answer for her novella
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>>7631161
never heard any of those sayings in my life
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"Are you making with my girl?"
"Are you baking cake with my girl?"
"Are you my girl?"
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also,
>2016 CE
>writing a novella
>telling people you are writing a novella
>"novella"
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Drew from his quiver different kind of arrows,
One causing love, golden and sharp and gleaming,
The other blunt, and tipped with lead, and serving
To drive all love away,
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Are those shakespear and hamlet?
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"Fools, what prevents us from returning home--
what, have we shed our kinsmen's blood? Have we
set sail to seek fiancees in contempt
of ladies on the mainland? Are we planning
to divvy up the fertile fields of Lemnos
and settle here for good? We won't accrue
glory while cooped up here with foreign girls
for years on end."
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How do i get into contemporary japanese lit?
And i dont mean momcore shit like banana yoshimoto or murakami.
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are you secretly asking for a loli-thread?
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start with the genji
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Murakami is the best Japanese writer to exist.
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>have loads of great ideas
>don't want to actually use them before I can develop my skills to an adequate level
>nothing to write about, so I can't develop my skills
How do I get out of this vicious circle?
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Stop being a little bitch, friend
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>>7630562
writing prompts
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>>7630562
Write short stories and then put them in a drawer. Don't worry, you'll be able to revisit ideas later.
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I am imagining a literary database. One where you can search for a name and pull up the complete list of their contributions in chronological order.
Does no such medium exist yet?
Pic related. I want to read everything of Poe's.
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Just go to wikipedia.
Delete this thread
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>>7630475
DELETE THIS.
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>>7630469
>Wikipedia
Is this your first day on the internet?
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Why aren't there more books about black girls?
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Because people write from a perspective they know or what to live.
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Usually books about black girls would be A BOOK ABOUT BLACK GIRLS, not just a book focusing on a black girls.Which is kind of sad, given that it could open up some pretty interesting plots
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>>7630356
What?