tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post8007289406664005496..comments2024-03-28T18:21:09.285-05:00Comments on Rough Edges: Forgotten Nonfiction Books: Travels With Charley - John SteinbeckJames Reasonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-89293020597853139382009-06-06T13:57:46.356-05:002009-06-06T13:57:46.356-05:00It's pretty hard to imagine you reading and co...It's pretty hard to imagine you reading and commenting on Ezra Pound. I really like his Cantos series, even though it's confusing as hell. <br /><br />Congrats on your birthday, James - even though belated!Jurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03021010310386744591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-34367488864240575112009-06-05T20:12:19.210-05:002009-06-05T20:12:19.210-05:00Thanks for the citation of the Steinbeck, and let ...Thanks for the citation of the Steinbeck, and let my join the Happy Birthday chorus.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-37084301233997847232009-06-05T20:12:03.491-05:002009-06-05T20:12:03.491-05:00Thanks for the citation of the Steinbeck, and let ...Thanks for the citation of the Steinbeck, and let my join the Happy Birthday chorus.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-89706851869969428782009-06-05T19:49:13.295-05:002009-06-05T19:49:13.295-05:00Best birthday wishes
wv: poriest - Spongebob'...Best birthday wishes<br /><br /><br />wv: poriest - Spongebob's entry in The Guiness Book of World RecordsJerry Housenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-40823861253322515172009-06-05T19:10:53.663-05:002009-06-05T19:10:53.663-05:00Happy Birthday, James!
June's a fab month for ...Happy Birthday, James!<br />June's a fab month for such things (mine's on Sunday). <br /><br />Here's to many more!<br /><br /><br />Cheers,<br />MattMatthew P. Mayohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15078400556536047544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-25752609890388118082009-06-05T16:29:07.221-05:002009-06-05T16:29:07.221-05:00Thanks, Brian. This may well be the first time an...Thanks, Brian. This may well be the first time anybody's ever written a song for me.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-66176249337237724232009-06-05T16:01:19.538-05:002009-06-05T16:01:19.538-05:00J,
I just noticed on your "links" that ...J,<br /><br />I just noticed on your "links" that it's your birthday, so I composed this little ditty: <br /><br />Happy Birthday to you,<br />Your blog's a swell view.<br />You're a hell of a writer,<br />And a damn "good egg", too.Rittsternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-53529416605023529092009-06-05T15:21:42.830-05:002009-06-05T15:21:42.830-05:00James,
You're describing my late high school y...James,<br />You're describing my late high school years, as well. I first started reading for my own enjoyment when I was about 17, and read the authors you mentioned (except T.S. Eliot, because poetry just confused me), as well as Thomas Wolfe, Sinclair Lewis, H.L. Mencken, Kafka, Dostoyevsky, Nietzsche, etc. Now that I'm 40, I read "sleaze" novels and a lot of the pulp stories being reprinted by Adventure House and Girasol. You might I started at the top and worked my way down. My favorite "man and his dog" stories are Norbert Davis' three Doan and Carstairs novels.<br /><br />"It’s a wonder we didn’t choke on our own pretentiousness."<br />Great line!<br /><br />B.RittRittsternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-65531804083306494662009-06-05T14:50:16.703-05:002009-06-05T14:50:16.703-05:00Of course, who reads any classic fiction that not ...Of course, who reads any classic fiction that not a class assignment. The same tragedy about classic fiction is the same tragedy about history: it's rendered boring by teaching it. Just read it for the passion it is.<br /><br />I've not read this Steinbeck. It's now on The List.Scott D. Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293540073601809197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-52352101765739881352009-06-05T10:47:40.279-05:002009-06-05T10:47:40.279-05:00Hi James,
Thanks so much for reminding me about T...Hi James,<br /><br />Thanks so much for reminding me about Travels With Charley.<br /><br />I'm going to toss it on my summer reading list. I remember how much I enjoyed it, far more than I remember the contents. time for a re-read.<br /><br />TerrieTerrie Farley Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04980849018232866773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-16949916831536750492009-06-05T08:20:04.549-05:002009-06-05T08:20:04.549-05:00And mine too. I love Steinbeck and am so happy to ...And mine too. I love Steinbeck and am so happy to see him appear here. I read all his books in my youth.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-91902774717019810052009-06-05T06:41:29.415-05:002009-06-05T06:41:29.415-05:00Hi James,
What a pleasant surprise to read your as...Hi James,<br />What a pleasant surprise to read your assessment of this book. It's been one of my favorites for years and I've reread it a few times. I particularly like his more conversational passages--they remind me of EB White's essays (that both men were of the same era might have something to do with it). <br /><br />I hope other folks will track down the book. It's well worth the read. <br /><br />Cheers,<br />MattMatthew P. Mayohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15078400556536047544noreply@blogger.com