fiction:
--a novelist, Salley Vickers (Miss Garnet's Angel, or anything else of hers)
--a poet, Mary Karr (Sinners Welcome, or anything else of hers)
non-fiction:
--Perry Anderson, The New Old World
--Terry Eagleton, On Evil
film:
--Up in the Air (I do have an interest)
--A Serious Man (weirded me out all winter)
On 4/22/10 8:00 PM, shag carpet bomb wrote:
> clearly, it's time for an attitude adjustment week soon: vacation!
>
> thus, I turn to Lame Brained Onanists to tell me what to read, whether
> fiction or non. I plan on lolling around a rented house on the
> Outerbanks reading when I am not biking, kayaking, parasailing, hiking,
> canoeing, dolphin watching, schooner sailing, and splashing in the OCEAN!
>
> It better be nice weather this time damn it. Last year, my very first
> vacation ever in my whole life and what happened? A damn nor'easter and
> allergic reaction to mold in the rental ruined it for both of us.
>
> I'm thinking of reading Hardt and Negri's Commonwealth. And Zizek's
> Tragedy as Farce. Anyone read these?
>
> Anything else of interest on the non-fiction radar, whether for academic
> consumption or a more popular audience?
>
> If you are dying for a Shagalicious analysis of a book, now's the time
> to put them in my hopper.
>
> Also, in the event that we are trapped in the house, I rented one of
> those places with a massive entertainment complex inside, so movies to
> bring along are also an option! Suggest off beat stuff to your heart's
> content!
>
> shag
>
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