Second, I am bringing my peer pressure to the public forum. It would give me a great deal of utility if Jason were to read the Nietzsche and talk about it with us. I know you're reading this Jason. I think it would be fun for us all to come together in Nietzsche. To unite the disciplines and give us all practice and fulfillment in the exploration of truth. Is that not what we have come to Princeton to pursue? I rest my case.
Third, I just wanna say that I'm really liking the Kundera (about halfway through). I've done so much reading about adultery this summer. Incidentally, it's all been the product of eastern European writers... apparently they can't just keep it in their pants (and in the marriage) over there. Those are my two cents for now. I hope this post finds you all well.
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a mystery? oh shut up, john.
I am not rereading The Unbearable Lightness of Being, but I did read The Book of Laughter and Forgetting, I finished it about a week ago. I think it did have ideas of eternal reoccurence - and the book is structured to be a sort of theme and variations. I really enjoyed it, not as much as TULoB, but I would recommend it to you guys at some point.
I'm glad you enjoyed it, John, I remember you being less than enthusiastic about reading it when I suggested it... Actually, it could be interesting at some point to read a bunch of novels by the writers involved with the Prague spring of 68, Kundera being one of its stars, right? Maybe a reading project for later...anybody game?
As for the Nietzsche, I started over the weekend. I am finding it (what I am understanding of it, I'm never quite sure with philosophy) really interesting - but I am also reading quite slowly. It might take me a while... sorry guys? We could overlap with Invisible Man, if you like. That is next, right?
Also wondering...are you guys still wanting to read poetry? I've just been reading on my own (Carol Anne Duffy and Yeats, recently) and I'm fine with that if you guys would rather stick to fiction and Nietzsche.
hope you guys are doing well!
oh and hi jason! if you're reading this. it would be great if you joined the blog, but no pressure. you don't have to submit to john's academic bullying...
p.s. in vague relation to bullying, john, have you read o'hara's poem "autobiographia literaria"?
Dana, I do keep meaning to read the poetry, but in fairness, I've just felt so abandoned. I just came here to leave a comment like "sorry, John, Dana's left us." A bit premature, perhaps.
Anyway, I'll read the poems this week, I promise.
I finished the Kundera, so post soon, and I've started the Nietzsche.
Here's my thought about Nietzsche. I'm probably only going to read an essay or so before I post on it and then start something else. I'm going to try to finish it throughout the summer, but I don't want to give up on reading the rest of the stuff, which I will have to if I try to see Nietzsche through to the end. I'm sorry I'm not as dedicated as you two.
PS Jason has indicated that he refuses to post, but MAY comment. May. If we're all very nice. (Don't say anything to make him uncomfortable, but he's also been reading The Unbearable Lightness of Being!)
hey guys-
1) I will probably finish the kundera soon. i only have a hundred pages left, but i overdid it recently so i need a break.
2) I think we should do poetry still. I've actually gotten more and more into poetry lately. I got some books today at the library actually... sylvia plath's ariel, selected poems by robert lowell, and meditations on energy by... frank o'hara. it doesn't have autobiographia literaria in it though... i'm sure i can find it online though.
3) everyone always submits to my academic bullying.
4) what are your addresses (including jason)? I have a lot of spare time at work with nothing to rely on except my own devices (to keep me sane), so the urge to write letters is likely to strike.
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