Edward Dahlberg was admired by and a friend to an exceptionally diverse group of writers: Jack Kerouac, Lydia Davis, Guy Davenport, Paul West, Anthony Burgess, Charles Olson, Samuel R. Delany, Gilbert...will, or rivers to wash your eyes to make them see. Homeless, denatured ghost of many leafy races, where do you blow? who will gather you up? — from The Leafless American and Other Writings

Turns out I have more to say about voice. Backlash against The Catcher in the Rye seems to have become fashionable, but this is the novel I always think of first when I think of voice. I reread Catcher...that the voice in a draft project just isn't strong enough to carry that work.  In such cases, I'll set aside the project.  Sometimes, later, I end up telling that same story through a different voice.

So recently I've plowed through Lolita ,  Hitchhiker's Guide , and The Two Towers in about a week's time - not a bad pace.  My basic goal is to whoosh through a list of the generic "top 100 must read...from having a relationship on equal or common terms. In all, it's an amazing read and it makes us think about where we are to draw clear sexual moral boundaries in a volatile society. Rating:  9/1

You know, you spend so long searching for your tribe and the crazy thing is, I have found my tribe and it's not who you think it is. Tori Amos If the divine masterplan is perfection maybe next I'll...nothing. Pablo Picasso The skies become grey but don't stay that way. Graham Coxon, 'Bonfires' The bounce has gone from his bungee... Hutch, 'Wallace & Gromit: The curse of the were-rabbit'

by Anthony Burgess   Description (from book cover): In Anthony Burgess's nightmare vision of the future, where the criminals take over after dark, teh story is told by the central character, Alex,... was Alex's love for classical music...talk about irony.  To top it all off, there is tons of symbolism (I should know, I wrote a paper about it) that makes me want to reread it so I don't miss anything.

Goodness is something to be chosen. When a man cannot choose he ceases to be a man.

Thanks to the late, great director Stanley Kubrick, Anthony Burgess' classic novella has become synonymous with bowler hats and old Gene Kelly songs. Yes, the film is indeed a masterpiece, but don't be...equally terrifying society to put him it. Orange is disturbing, graphic, and intense, but it's a terrific read, and it will change your life-even without the bad eye makeup. In your face, Kubrick

18. Lovers Brian Friel. Play. Very interesting. Simultaneously shows two seperate circumstances in the lives of a young couple. 19. A Clockwork Orange Anthony Burgess. Absolutely fantastic. If you can stomache a bit of violence, you will inhale this book in the same way I did. 19 / 50 (38.0%)

Referring back to the Introduction of the novel, Burgess contemplates the importance, or lack thereof, of the last chapter (the 21st chapter). What happened was the novel was published in Europe with the... in a sense, become mature; rendering this chapter as extremely significant. It is my belief this chapter is the MOST significant of all in the novel and it is of utmost importance that it be kept

Does anyone else have a favorite author with one popular book that seems to overshadow the rest of their (possibly more) deserving works? Reading Anthony Burgess has got me thinking about this. His ...and well-written. They're styles aren't any more difficult to pony than nadsat. Moreover, they make it obvious that Burgess had a real love of and talent for word play and telling historical stories