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Category Archives: Literature
Alexander Technique & Revolutionary Road
I’m reading this novel by Richard Yates and I’m struck by the number of allusions to Alexander Technique. I have no reason to believe that Yates ever heard of the technique, but here’s a profound insight from his novel: "And … Continue reading
Posted in Alexander Technique, Literature
Tagged Alexander Technique, nestling, profound insight, revolutionary road, richard yates, shoulder blade
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I’m Gonna Go ‘Kite Runner’ On You!
Here are my videos: The SOASstudent posts about my first video: "At 3:25 you refer to his second wife as a "journalist". She wrote brief, idiotic, inane, ungrammatical, misspelled ‘think pieces’ for a rag in a town called Bahawalpur. French’s … Continue reading
Posted in Literature
Tagged bad jews, black man, dehumanization, evil powers, jewish friend, nigger, second wife, sir vidia, V S Naipaul
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Naomi Ragen Responds To Michal Tal
Over the past year, I’ve published charges of plagiarism (by authors Sarah Shapiro and Michal Tal) against Israeli novelist Naomi Ragen. Naomi Ragen (I’ve enjoyed all her books, but didn’t have the strength to approach her at the American Jewish … Continue reading
Posted in Literature, Michal Tal, Naomi Ragen
Tagged cassandra king, israeli novelist, luke ford, Naomi Ragen, sandra conroy, sarah shapiro, vanity press
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I’m Not Selfish, I Just Love Literature
I like this remark by V.S. Naipaul: "It’s the thing about the work. If you are travelling for material or to write a book, it isn’t that you are self-centered, it is that you are with the work. You are … Continue reading
Posted in Literature, Personal
Tagged african students, ayatollah khomeini, diagnosis, evelyn waugh, excuse, fatwa against salman rushdie, literary criticism, paragraph, salman rushdie, V S Naipaul
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Dot Indian
When asked to explain the symbolism of the bindi (the colored dot worn on the forehead of Indian women), V.S. Naipaul said: "The dot means: my head is empty." (Pg. 387) I got into a discussion last night of young … Continue reading
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Tagged bindi, colored dot, forehead, indian women, V S Naipaul
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