Litsy

From “A Pythagorean Traveller” by Patti Smith

Read the full poem at: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/161958/a-pythagorean-traveler

Or hear Patti read the full poem: https://youtu.be/8Asdmoo122k?si=iylkHsPE5gEVPvC8

#aprilpoetrycgallenge for #nationalpoetrymonth

13 April - stars

dabbe 💙💚💙 17h

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merelybookish

The Little Disturbances of Man | Grace Paley

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Finally read this battered copy I bought a few years back. These stories are about women and men AT love. That preposition matters. The settings are 1950s, urban, gritty. Think Marlon Brando yelling Stella! Single moms and deadbeat dads, wiley kids and absent parents, naive women and old lotharios, nymphets and crusty bachelors. The voice is strong in each. Paley has an ear for dialogue. Every story has a zinger sentence that rings with truth. 👇

merelybookish A book that really highlights the power of the short story. It took me a while to catch the rhythm of the langue, but once I did, I was sold. Another #192025 selection. 5d

Suet624 Paley lived in Vermont for about 20 years in her later years. She was often in the news here. However, I‘m embarrassed to admit I‘ve not read one thing by her. I‘ll try to find this book. (edited) 5d

sarahbarnes I love the cover. I remember liking another collection of hers when I read it but it did take me a minute to get into her style. Your review makes me think of that Lucy Dacus song. 😁

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merelybookish @Suet624 I think she was a bit of an activist. Her poetry is good too! 4d

merelybookish @sarahbarnes Brando! ♥️ One of my faves from that album. (Took me a minute to get it! 😆) 4d

Reggie Great review, stacked! 3d

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Leftcoastzen

Franny and Zooey | J.D. Salinger

#DynamicDs #DoubleLetterTitle An all time favorite!

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Trashcanman One of my favorites too 1w

Leftcoastzen 😁I might have guessed! 1w

Trashcanman @Leftcoastzen ❤️ 1w

jen_the_scribe I read some of J.D. Salinger‘s work as a teenager and always loved it. Haven‘t read this one though, so stacked! 1w

Eggs Well done👏🏻 1w

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ChaoticMissAdventures

The Professor's House | Willa Cather

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This is a slow, quiet character study of a man who is supposed to be moving houses but cannot seem to make himself. The professor contemplates his life and how he got to where he is. I thought it was interesting, but maybe a bit too scattered I really enjoyed the bits about his time excavating Native areas in New Mexico but thought the jump from that to other topics was too abrasive.
Still enjoyed it, I always like Cather's writing

Ruthiella I found the jumps in this one jarring too. I loved the middle story, but the two that bookend it were just okay for me. 3w

dabbe #bandbday @TheSpineView 3w

TheSpineView ❤️📖❤️☕️❤️ 3w

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ChaoticMissAdventures

The Professor's House | Willa Cather

#Weeklyforecast trying to finish up the #WP25 this week, not sure I can make it! The tagged is my #doublespin for this month should finish it today
I started Chuck Tingle yesterday and I am obsessed, then going back to A Little Trickerie which I was excited for but which has proven not as easy to get started on.
Disappoint Me on my Kobo for Trans Awareness Readathon

squirrelbrain Good luck! 🤞☺️ 3w

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Tamra

The Grass Harp | Truman Capote

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Wow, what amazingly beautiful prose! Has that very southern story telling tradition vibe about it. I‘m am going to pick it up in print when I find it to read the other stories in this edition.

Cathythoughts He‘s such a great writer ❤️ 3w

Tamra @Cathythoughts I listened to In Cold Blood, but this was really different. I wouldn‘t have guessed how richly he could write short stories. 😊 3w

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Susanita

You Can't Go Home Again | Thomas Wolfe

I have a complicated relationship with Williamsburg. My sister went to college there, and I was determined to go anywhere else (contrary teenager syndrome) but ended up there anyway. As a #longtimefed I sent colleagues all over the world but never traveled myself, for the first 10+ years.

Then my first work trip was to…Williamsburg! My very last work trip was to nearby Chesapeake, to learn more about processing travel reservations and vouchers.⬇️

Susanita I visited again in January to get away from the inauguration and the gloating. It was a somewhat bittersweet trip. 1mo

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