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Literary Lou: Pushing Joyce out of the nest
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Sunday, February 17, 2013. Pushing Joyce out of the nest. I couldn't make it though the whole novel, A Portrait of the Artist of a Young Man. As well). Like, maybe some of those layers are by accident. You know how studying literature can be- we read soooo much into every word, and then the author themselves will say, "actually, I wasn't being quite that intentional about that.but yes, sure, that makes sense! There is a arrogance about all that. I am willing to stretch, that is why I am here: to polish o...
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Literary Lou: For Mothers
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Saturday, April 6, 2013. For Pauline and Kelley's Blessing). Beauty lies in the belly-. Children change us from the inside, flesh to flesh,. Then enter the world and change us on the outside,. Streak our hair and deepen our faces,. And continue to transform us beyond the surface,. The most inward of spaces. Where lovers could never touch,. Remodeling our entire hearts,. Down to the nails. Sewn into them, our seeds of sorrow and surrender,. Of navigation and delight,. And gives birth,. Looking For My Plot.
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Literary Lou: April 2013
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Saturday, April 6, 2013. For Pauline and Kelley's Blessing). Beauty lies in the belly-. Children change us from the inside, flesh to flesh,. Then enter the world and change us on the outside,. Streak our hair and deepen our faces,. And continue to transform us beyond the surface,. The most inward of spaces. Where lovers could never touch,. Remodeling our entire hearts,. Down to the nails. Sewn into them, our seeds of sorrow and surrender,. Of navigation and delight,. And gives birth,. Looking For My Plot.
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Literary Lou: February 2013
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013. What does 'Translations' imply about cross-cultural communication? The most impressive literary achievement of the play, is that nearly the entire play is in English, yet three languages are being spoken: Gaelic, English, and Latin (Greek in the original). Posted by Leah Perlingieri. Thursday, February 21, 2013. Mary Hogan's Quatrains by Maire Mhac an tSaoi. If I once got free of this net -. And God grant me that won't be too long -. I could perhaps live on the memory. The s...
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Literary Lou: Poets, Talkers, and Failures revisted
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013. Poets, Talkers, and Failures revisted. 8220;We Irish are too poetical to be poets; we are a nation of brilliant failures, but we are the greatest talkers since the Greeks. “. Back in January when I first posted this quote, my understanding of the Irish people was extremely limited after only about week of intensive history readings. The images of fallen kings, heroic martyrs,. Look at the list of greats: Yeats, Synge, Joyce, (all of whom helped inform my views this term) and Wild...
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Literary Lou: December 2012
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012. I took my birthday-received $20 powell's gift card to the downtown store on a day where the winter sun poured through the ceiling-high windows with intoxicating intensity and thoughtfully purchased my book, plus two others (john irving's until i find you. And alice munro's the love of a good woman. I just realized that the movie doesn't come out until MAY! Posted by Leah Perlingieri. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). My mail says Leah Perlingieri. My family calls me Lou. The...Simpl...
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Literary Lou: January 2013
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Friday, January 25, 2013. Second thoughts on 'Second Troy'. WHY should I blame her that she filled my days. With misery, or that she would of late. Have taught to ignorant men most violent ways,. Or hurled the little streets upon the great,. Had they but courage equal to desire? What could have made her peaceful with a mind. That nobleness made simple as a fire,. With beauty like a tightened bow, a kind. That is not natural in an age like this,. Being high and solitary and most stern? Posted by Leah Perl...
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Literary Lou: October 2012
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012. A visit with the poet Matthew Dickman. Jay was right: Matthew was a warm, open, funny, and thoughtful guest. Here are a few notes I took during our pre-reading discussion:. The Beginner's Mind vs. The Master's Mind. All the great thinkers have maintained an openness, a curiosity, so that their art can remain free and fresh. The beginner has it all laid out before them, such possibility, while the master has already made some decisions, shaping has occurred. So when I fix on t...
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Literary Lou: Mary Hogan's Quatrains by Maire Mhac an tSaoi
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Thursday, February 21, 2013. Mary Hogan's Quatrains by Maire Mhac an tSaoi. I could not shake this poem. It resonates with me in a similar way that Sharon Olds or Anna Akhmatova's work.women bearing their hearts in sometimes shockingly raw language (although I am gauging the rawness of Mhac an tSaoi's poetry somewhat relatively to her own culture, as American and Russian rawness has it's own standards.). If I once got free of this net -. And God grant me that won't be too long -. There is so much power h...