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VIVA MAD! (A SIGNET BOOK T4708) by SERGIO ARAGONES
On the Shortness of Life (Penguin Great Ideas) by Seneca
The Razor's Edge (A Novel) by W Somerset Maugham
Making History: The Struggle for Gay and Lesbian Equal Rights, 1945-1990 : An Oral History by Eric Marcus
A Hog on Ice: & Other Curious Expressions by Charles E. Funk
Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
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About meI live in Jackson, MS where I read Walt Whitman.
About my libraryPhilosophy: Mostly continental/existentialism. They rescue philsophy from the sterile laboratory or analytic thought and make it as real as your flesh and blood. As it must be.
Politics & Government: I care far more about personal freedom, but I can't ignore that I live among others. I have to know what kinds of ideas will help protect my freedom from those who would take it intentionally or simply by the common rush toward the Crowd. My books reflect that I care about political principles of individualism. Not conservatism, not liberalism, but individualism.
Scholastic Books: You'll find rows and rows of Scholastic books for kids, circa 1960. I love their didactic yet adventuresome approach to some conflict. And I'm pretty sentimental about boys haunted by harmonica-playing ghosts or who grow wings over the summer.
Gay & Lesbian History: When I was a teenager, I didn't own any books about being gay—which is why I stole every book in my high school library that had anything to do with homosexuality. All two of them. My current library has many books about LGBT history, mainly the personal and political work for greater freedom—personal and political.
I've followed circuitous paths, sometimes losing, sometimes meeting friends. My books have always been beside me.
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posted by cdyankeefan at 3:39 pm (EST) on Apr 11, 2007
Happy cataloging to you.
posted by coffeezombie at 7:27 am (EST) on Oct 17, 2006
You could be right about the Romantic’s fear; or, with the ‘pumpkin’ group, perhaps no one wants to be crowded on (in) the pumpkin... I would join your Whitman group, but honestly, save for the odd poem here and there, I cannot say I’ve read much Whitman.
Oh, and I should say that my name is Ryan; I was feeling a bit impish one day while editing my profile and felt compelled to pay homage to the fact that the Dickens character my user name is based off--The Artful Dodger--real name in Oliver Twist is Jack Dawkins. That’s just me, I love a good obscure reference...
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