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    I certainly don't want to bog down this thread...

    I certainly don't want to bog down this thread with comic book stuff, but Hickman's new book, The Black Monday Murders, sure does sound interesting:

    " 'MAMMON' ALL HAIL GOD MONEY! From JONATHAN...
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    A writer I've been meaning to check out. Let us...

    A writer I've been meaning to check out. Let us know how it goes.



    East of West and Manhattan Projects both have their moments, but I stopped following both monthly years ago and have pretty...
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    Richard Wright: Native Son

    Richard Wright: Native Son
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    Oh, I've read it.

    Oh, I've read it.
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    Well I've never seen the movies but, yes, it's...

    Well I've never seen the movies but, yes, it's just as bad. Probably worse. :)
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    It's very good.

    It's very good.
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    1 Henry IV. Using it to teach rhetoric next...

    1 Henry IV. Using it to teach rhetoric next year.

    Go Tell it on the Mountain by James Baldwin. And, man, this is good.

    I'll take a brain break after those and read some sci-fi. My parents...
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    Everything is from the ground up. Though I often...

    Everything is from the ground up. Though I often borrow some study guide or guided reading questions from AP. They're generally of a higher level, and I often modify for the things I discuss in...
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    Gryphs, after you retire, and you ever feel like...

    Gryphs, after you retire, and you ever feel like reading some more documents for a Performance Appraisal, just let me know and I'll send them along. I'm sure the test I write for Marie Lu's Legend...
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    My curriculum team at school decided to replace...

    My curriculum team at school decided to replace our old summer reading books with some young adult novels in hopes that the kids will read and enjoy them.

    I'm currently reading one of them,...
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    Slaughterhouse-Five. It's been twenty years. ...

    Slaughterhouse-Five. It's been twenty years. It's very nice to live in that space again. I'm annotating it with an eye to teach it. One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest is up next (the other possible...
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    I won't quibble, and I haven't read any of those...

    I won't quibble, and I haven't read any of those other guys in a similar amount of years, so I won't comment on their styles (though I'll agree that flowers have no place in literature--literature is...
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    Revisiting Asimov's Foundation series as rumors...

    Revisiting Asimov's Foundation series as rumors that it is being made into a show have sprung up. Boy, his writing is stiff. I guess it was pretty awesome when I was 13. Less awesome at 36. Still...
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    Need to refresh your Comp 101 basic grammar...

    Need to refresh your Comp 101 basic grammar skills?

    Like jokes about dicks, joints and fucking?

    Then this is the book for you:
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    Here's a review:...
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    Kerouac's Visions of Gerard and The Minus Times...

    Kerouac's Visions of Gerard and The Minus Times Collected.
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    :up

    :up
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    I've read very mixed things about Murakami, but I...

    I've read very mixed things about Murakami, but I suppose I should read it myself to find out what's what.

    Now reading: Malcolm Lowry, Under the Volcano
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    Macbeth and Catch 22 (teaching both). I've never...

    Macbeth and Catch 22 (teaching both). I've never read the latter. It's worth a read.

    The former? Well, I've been down that road more than once, and it's always dark and twisty. Man,...
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    I know, right? Can you believe there was a...

    I know, right?

    Can you believe there was a time when the rest of the Majors were so bad that the Mets were actually winners? :)
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    Huck Finn. Summer reading (along with Kate...

    Huck Finn. Summer reading (along with Kate Chopin's The Awakening) for my students, so I guess I better get on it. I haven't read any Twain in prolly ten years. It's good to be back in those...
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    ^ haven't read it, but I'll throw out some praise...

    ^ haven't read it, but I'll throw out some praise for Hosseini. I taught The Kite Runner in a gifted freshmen class a few years ago and loved. One of the best experiences in my teaching career.
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    That was I, and, yes, great stuff. I really...

    That was I, and, yes, great stuff. I really enjoyed The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil, but I suppose Civilwarland is the next best step. By the way, make sure you do not get any books by...
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    Care to shine a light? What's it about?

    Care to shine a light? What's it about?
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    Great stuff. I read most of Vonnegut's work when...

    Great stuff. I read most of Vonnegut's work when I was about 16 or 17, in just a few months. I've gone back and revisited a few novels here and there, and they're still brilliant. Love his writing...
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    Still sludging through John Dies at the End. The...

    Still sludging through John Dies at the End. The first couple of hundred pages were good, but the conceit is worn out now that I'm around page 400.

    Eagerly looking forward to Sam Pink's new book...
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    Just started John Dies at the End. Also...

    Just started John Dies at the End.

    Also reading The Scarlet Letter because I decided for some very stupid reason to teach it this quarter.
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    Bukowski's Factotum. Next is George...

    Bukowski's Factotum.

    Next is George Saunders' new collection of shorts, Tenth of December.
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    Bukowski's Post Office was awesome. Now reading...

    Bukowski's Post Office was awesome. Now reading Salinger'sNine Stories.
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    Well, I've got the iPad, though I'm not sure I...

    Well, I've got the iPad, though I'm not sure I feel comfortable taking it with me on the beach.

    In the case of the Walking Dead book, financially it was a better option. $35 for the compendium...
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    Couple of things to take on vacation. Bukowski's...

    Couple of things to take on vacation. Bukowski's Post Office and Salinger's Nine Stories.

    Also reading some Melville shorts on my iPad and blazing through the second compendium of Walking Dead....
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    Absolutely. I was stunned how good it was. I'd...

    Absolutely. I was stunned how good it was. I'd read Moby Dick years ago in school, so I knew Melville was good. I guess I forgot how good he could be.
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    Some Gogol shorts with a different translation...

    Some Gogol shorts with a different translation from iBooks, and I just finished Melville's "Bartleby the Scrivener." Public domain!

    Looking hard at Barefoot in the Head. Anybody read that one?...
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    Ugh. I taught that book a couple of years ago. ...

    Ugh. I taught that book a couple of years ago. Dreadful. Tolkien just goes on and on and on and on and . . .

    I own the DVD of the animated movie. It's slightly better.

    (BTW Mike, you're...
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    You're a brave man. I read them all when I was...

    You're a brave man. I read them all when I was 14 or 15. The first one was pretty good.

    In addition to my regular rotation of 15 or so comics a month, I've got Bourbon, Straight: The Uncut and...
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