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About meI hold a Bachelor's in Film & Video (emphasis on film studies), and have started on a Master's in Film Theory/History with an emphasis on anime. (But let's be honest: I'd rather just teach instead of writing rejected paper after rejected paper.)

Apart from that, there's not a whole to know. My life seems like a Woody Allen/Noah Baumbach movie sometimes...so it has that going for it. Except no one's exactly that clever, and no matter how hard I try, I can't pull Marshall McLuhan out from behind a display.

I also spend too much money at Borders. I need a support group.

About my libraryIt's not as large as it should be! Far too much manga, but I need something easily digested and fun.

Despite my college career, I have surprisingly few books about film. My professors have all preferred packets so far, and, as a result, I have a lot of individual chapters from a lot of different books. Surely graduate school will change that (and it has)!

I think it's a bit of snobby library, but so is my DVD collection (see below), so I suppose it works out okay. I'm a huge Haruki Murakami fan (obviously), and I really like books that draw me in some way.

The '3 for 2' tables at Borders are my nemeses. They make me buy things that I possibly wouldn't have otherwise. (However, it does make me buy more contemporary literature than I would otherwise, so that's a plus...I think.)

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Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations by Clay Shirky

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The Desire to Desire: The Woman's Film of the 1940s (Theories of Representation and Difference) by Mary Anne Doane

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The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-line Pioneers by Tom Standage

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Anime from Akira to Howl's Moving Castle, Updated Edition: Experiencing Contemporary Japanese Animation by Susan J. Napier

Noticed you liked Out by Natsuo Kirino, and I was wondering if you'd be interested in reviewing my new novel and posting your comments here, as well as a few other book-related sites. Thought you might like my book since it's also gritty, a bit violent, and a bit dark :) I could e-mail you the novel in an e-book format if you'd like (I'm out of physical copies at the moment). Here's a link to a summary (and a sample chapter) in case you'd like to read more about the novel before you commit.

http://christophertusa.com/

Thanks,

Chris

posted by cmtusa at 9:32 pm (EST) on Sep 3, 2009

Hi Rosencranz

Back to Sam - you might enjoy reading the following if you haven't already:

Joseph Chaikin & Sam Shepard: Letters and Texts, 1972-1984 (Paperback)

Its a great creative pool for anyone working in the visual arts I'd say. And have you read "Hawkmoon and Motel Chronicles".

As for Pinter, I've not actually read him yet, though have been to see his work at the theatre, always thought provoking and pauseworthy, I was pleased when he got his nobel. He's fagile still, I saw him briefly recently at a charity function with his wife, Lady Antonia Fraser, but he's still working both on stage and behind pen! His essays are floating in my Amazon basket!

Take care
Caroline

posted by Caroline_McElwee at 11:42 am (EST) on Jun 19, 2007

Hi Rosencranz
Thanks for your comments, its lovely to hear peoples tales of the books they love/discover/possess. I always remember where I get my books, where I read the best ones etc.

Big Shepard fan here, one of the USA's greatest living playwrights I'd say. Have you read the volume of letters he has with Joseph Chaikin, well worth the time for any creative mind.

Kind regards
Caroline

posted by Caroline_McElwee at 7:19 am (EST) on Jun 9, 2007

All She Was Worth by Miyuke Miyabe is a crackingly good read. It's a deceptively simple but extremely well-constructed yarn that really gets under your skin; there's no obvious gore or violence but I was terrified for days after. Or maybe it's just me. Invisible Man is very good, one of the classics of 20th century American Lit I reckon. BTW, the Asian Fiction group that you are on, how does one get onto it? :)

posted by oclouds at 11:15 am (EST) on Mar 12, 2007

I've read all the Murakami you've read, finished heavyweights like The Crying Of Lot 49 and Invisible Man, but somehow I just couldn't get through Orhan Pamuk's Snow even though I wanted to. How did you do it?

posted by oclouds at 3:20 am (EST) on Mar 8, 2007

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