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I was recently perusing the inteweb looking for books on writing and found How to Write a Lot:   A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing by Paul J. Silvia. I love reference books on writing as they are a enjoyable procrastination reads. I was reading some reviews on the book and found this interesting bit on AMAZON and thought I would publish it here.  Hello, my name is Renee. I am an assistant professor and a mother. I write a lot. I inherited this book from a friend who didn't get tenure. I find books on writing valuable, because even though I write a lot, there's always something to learn from others who write a lot. This book was interesting and easy to read. It was funny, and I share the author's interest in mid-century furniture (although I am not sure it is relevant to writing!). I would recommend it to people who want to read a useful text on writing productively. However, I am giving this text only three stars because the advice is rather thin, an

I recently  picked  up Ulysses and felt like I probably should read  A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man before fully jumping into Ulysses. My experience with Joyce before this novel was his short story “The Dead” from his collection The Dubliners. I remember absolutely enjoying “The Dead,” but like most readers, who approach Ulysses for the first time,I felt a little overwhelmed. I am a big fan of stream-of-conscious narration. Virginia Woolf and William Faulkner are two of my favorite Modernist writers. Further, as a fan of serious literature, I need to conquer Joyce at somepoint (and prepare for my intense Faulkner course next semester).  So now, onto this fine piece of literary experimentation. Joyce’s   A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man  poses basic questions about the human condition. A coming-of-age story in its truest sense, Stephen Dedalus finds himself asking and pondering some life’s most trivial questions. These questions, however, were some of the most

http://theclassicsclubblog.wordpress.com/ Here it is. Finally, My Classics Club Book List. There are several key titles missing, well that is because I have read those. I do plan to review each book and also back track and review the classics I have read. I would like to complete this list by December, 12, 2017 five years. I'm sure that many more will fall into this list. Achebe, Chinua: Things Fall Apart Anderson, Sherwood: Winesburg, Ohio Austen, Jane: Emma Austen, Jane: Pride and Prejudice Bellow, Saul: Herzog Bellow, Saul: The Adventures of Augie March Bellow, Saul: Henderson the Rain King Bellow, Saul: Seize the Day Bradbury, Ray: Fahrenheit 451 Bradbury, Ray: The Illustrated Man Bronte, Charlotte: Jane Eyre Browning, Elizabeth Barrett: Aurora Leigh Burke, Edmund: A Philosophical Enquiry Carroll, Lewis: Alice in Wonderland Cather, Willa: A Lost Lady Cather, Willa: My Antonia Cather, Willa: Death Comes for the Archbishop Cather, Willa: Lucy Gayheart