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| Catching up on reading |
| 03.03.04 (9:58 pm) [edit] |
[i]Julius Caesar[/i], which I finished today, is pretty overrated. Starts with a page and a half of bad puns about cobblers, gets better but still isn't one of Shakespeare's best. I liked the part where they killed the poet Cinna, though, first because they thought he was the conspirator Cinna and then because of "his bad verses."
[i]The Man With The Golden Arm[/i], which I'm 20 pages into and should be two thirds done with, is great. Reminds me a little of the Beats, only more focused: I think it's the urban setting and all the street vernacular. Best book we've read in Chicago Literature. Might be the best book I've read in a while, maybe since [i]The Toughest Indian in the World[/i] by Sherman Alexie. I just wish I had more time to read it...I hate skimming books that I actually like. Wish I'd had time to finish [i]Native Son[/i], too.
I left my copy of [i]Return to Laughter[/i], for Anthro, at home. So cross that off the list, I guess.
Tonight is going pretty shitty. Guess I might as well keep reading, it's not like that will make things get worse.
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