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Funny I stumbled upon this thread today, I just began reading Fear and Trembling. The Preface begins: "Not merely in the realm of commerce but in the world of ideas as well our age is organizing a regular clearance sale. Everything is to be had at such a bargain that it is questionable whether...

The Tokyo-Montana Express by Richard Brautigan ZOOM!

i am reading a confederate general from big sur, dreaming of babylon, and the hawkline monster right now. his prose is beautiful, funny as hell too. Lee Mellon, I salute thee!

I am NOW! Thank you Father.

Father Luke ... thank you sir. I appreciate you responding to a post of mine. I will check out the links you supplied. Again, thank you.

The Steelers didn't get the normal 3 points because they already lost to the Jags ... albeit it was tied with 2 minutes to go. I don't think homefield means much when you cannot even walk on it without sinking to yer knees. Pitt's D has looked bad the last three weeks. They will have to step it...

The more I think about it ... The Bay of the City of Tampa will put up a fight no doubt but The G-men are 7-1 on the road this season. Kevin Boss is playing great at TE for the injured Shockster. I don't know, it is hard to bet on an offense run by Manning the Younger. Gerard is right about...

Thanks a lot man. I have read the elder Fante. I will look into the others. Again thanks, it is always nice to get suggestions from others instead of from bestseller lists. Cheers.

Thanks Jordan. I am gonna give him a go. I will check out his journals as well. Was all of his stuff published by BSP? Who else has been that would be worth sinking rotten teeth into? nevermind, i just searched the catalog. but your authors to try would be nice.

Damn right.

Has anyone read Wyndham Lewis? I found a used copy of The Vulgar Streak over the holiday. It was published by Black Sparrow. Apparently he was better known for painting rather than writing but it seems worth investigating. Anyone?

I would only disagree with the Seattle pick. Washington is riding a wave of emotion. A better bet would be if Joe Gibbs is awake or asleep.

Jack Micheline W. Somerset Maugham Papa H Ed Abbey Vonnegut

late summer nights in '97 & '98 a friend and i would meet up at country kitchen, drink coffee, smoke cigs, and read out loud to each other. the waitresses would sit with us on their breaks and listen and laugh bum cigs and bring more coffee. one night after i read a particularly long passage...

The Razor's Edge with Billy Murray. Great adaptation of the WS Maugham book but with a different perspective. One of my favorite books. One of my favorite movies.

Bukfan- You are very welcome. The next set of letters is due to be released in March or April of 2008. It will be called The Mutineer: Rants, Ravings, and Missives from the Mountaintop 1977-2005 There is a new bio by Corey Seymour, who I believe writes for Rolling Stone, called Gonzo coming...

Indeed a brick and a good, entertaining, and insightful one. It is the second of his "F&L Letters". Better to start with "Proud Highway" if you are into the chronological order of things. Starts early and ends where "F&L in America" begins. A third installment of letters was supposed to be...

Post Office, as well.

A great philosopher (George Washington Hayduke III from Ed Abbey's The Monkeywrench Gang) once said, "Cunt is cunt." Hmmmmmmmmmm ...

Whoop-tee-do, I have a degree in Literature. I had a professor that once told an entire class, "If it don't move ya, move on." What moves me is obivously not gonna always move you or you or even my mother. What is a shitty poem? One that reeks of nothing. No emotion, no raw intensity, no blood...

While I was getting my degree in Lit I was always being force-fed Hawthorne. Cannot and will not stand him. James Fenmore Cooper is a bore. Henry James was a hack. I agree with Girl, anything by Jane Austen and the Pretentious Brontes is enough to make me grab my shotgun. Huh. Good thread...

Easy to look up better if already known- One of my favorite shorts by Buk is Class. After knocking out Papa, Henry is asked a series of questions including: "What do you do?" "What is your occupation?" "Do you have a hobby?" What are the answers he gives? maybe not the greatest question...

Damn fine question and answer Cirerita. Give me just few minutes to come up with a question that will work ... thanks.

Play the Piano ... ?

I realize that this off the thread and maybe should be a new one but ... Modern Drunkard Magazine held a "Clash of the Tightest". Buk and Jackie Gleason went toe-to-toe in the final round. Check it out at : moderndrunkardmagazine.com in the archives. cheers.