PMoondancer wrote:


I need IT!!! I'm now on the prawl

"The Scroll Edition" of On the Road is fascinating. Totally unedited, the names have not been changed, and it's one looooong paragraph. I read it side-by-side with the original, and noted significant differences. Pure poetry; literary jazz.

Speaking of side-by-side, and Finnegan's Wake, I read it alongside Joseph Campbell's Skeleton Key to Finnegan's Wake. Like, half a page of the skeleton key is deciphering one sentence or one phrase. "Dense" is an understatement. I started that 10 years ago.

A contemporary book I'm reading right now, that will take a few years, is House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski. The short description would be something like a mystery novel about a haunted house, the story of documentary footage of this house, the narrator's discovery of all this information, and a few other incidental elements ...... like four stories, all told simultaneously!

And finally, this one I cannot recommend enough: Pronoia is the Antidote to Paranoia by Rob Brezney. Totally inspirational; almost like a contemporary Be Here Now.

sjfgreenman wrote:


"I've put in so many enigmas and puzzles that it will keep the professors busy for centuries arguing over what I meant, and that's the only way of insuring one's immortality."

That comment alone means I HAVE to read it. It gives me chillsI am aware of Richard Ellman. My mother used to teach a course on Ulysses and that was one of the books she used. I regret never taking advantage of her knowledge of that book while she was alive. I was too busy trying to get her to read Burroughs, which was completely a lost cause.

If you can recommend some companion books I'd be grateful. Don't break your neck, I want to read Portrait first. Kind of gear up for the big feast.

BTW, I enjoyed your comments on Arthur Miller in one of those political threads. I've seen The Crucible and it's a fantastic play -- not to mention the single best commentary on that whole Red Scare, IMO.

Growing up Dead- Conners
1984-George Orwell
Searching for the Sound- Phil Lesh

in my house its ALL about Harry

All great books Dan.... 1984 is amazing

PMoondancer wrote:


It is a fine book. His letters are interesting too. There's a collection of his correspondence with Ginsberg floating around and over the years Kesey published a few in several different projects. I belive there's at least one in the Garage Sale book and a couple more in the Cassady issue of his Spit In The Ocean magazine.

@PMMOONDANCER

YEA, ITS SAFE. MY GRANDFATHER DONATED SOME OF THE LAND THAT HEATHWOOD (IF THATS THE HIGH SCHOOL YOU WENT TO) WAS BUILT ON, AND MY GODMOTHER WAS A GUIDANCE COUNSELOR AT USC FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS, GIVE OR TAKE A FEW. I'VE GOT A BUNCH OF FAMILY IN S.C., COLUMBIA, CHARLESTON, BEAUFORT, MYRTLE BEACH, YADA YADA YADA

ANYTHING BY MURAKAMI..................TOTALLY TRIPPY AND TOTALLY ENTERTAINING AND TOTALLY PROFOUND

Great Topic!


Post Office ~ Charles Bukowski
Jesus's Son ~ Denis Johnson
Last Exit to Brooklyn ~Hubert Selby, Jr.

& in small doses, cuz that's all I can handle,
The Shock Doctrine ~ Naomi Klein

I've liked seeing what everyone else is into, really interesting!!

blue highways by william least heat-moon

Is your last name Manning?

Did your family know the Hamptons?