I bought eating animals even though I eat animals. I’ve eaten a lot of animals: elk, chicken, salmon, shark, cow, buffalo. check. but jonathan safran foer is kind of my literary hero: he writes books (everything is illuminated, extremely loud and incredibly close) that make me laugh loudly on public transportation, reevaluate my identity, and [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Literature’
September 23, 2009
i love…ignored poets.
You know—the one’s slaving away in brilliant obscurity while teaching undergrads in a cornfield somewhere. Yesterday my professor dumped us in the library and told us we couldn’t leave until we’d checked out at least five modern poetry books. Modern. Not Shel Silverstein. Not John Dunne. Not Of Montreal lyrics. I have a five [...]
