/lit/ - Literature

>>15511899
>>15511928
>>15514466

i run a reading group in cambridge for particularly talented ivy-leaguers; i draw primarily from harvard and MIT.
depending on what you are studying/what year you are, i'd love to start a conversation. i really enjoy recruiting the right people and having them meet and talk about interesting things--if this sounds at all interesting to you, let me know.

i'm setting up a new schedule for the fall now, building a few different contingency options viz. covid. thinking about making a private discord if physical meetings are still limited. we shall see. what topics do you think would interest you all the most viz. intensive private seminars, lectures, etc.?

lemme be the first to welcome you: y'all are gonna love cambridge/harvard, guaranteed. lovely place up here, incredible intellectual atmosphere if you take advantage of it.

>>15509296
i've been collecting for years. it was a natural outgrowth of a natural tendency. i entered academia and began to politically consult at the same time. i'll tell you right now: my services, what i do, what i offer--not exactly in high, high demand. not many people read or care about reading, even at the "top"--and that's the honest truth. but part of that truth is also that those who do care, care deeply, and are doing some extraordinary things behind the scenes.
i wanted to be a part of all that, in some capacity. as i usually get doxxed in my own threads (which is fine), i was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2016, so i had to withdraw from the active scenes i was a part of. to be real with you, i was hoping to run as a senatorial candidate from Tennessee before my diagnosis (i'm not from Tennessee, but i do love nashville). the library's current status is a response to all of that.

>>15509329
who i'm reading right now (i cycle through a bunch of books at once, so here is a segment of my current lineup):
the dancing lares and the serpent in the garden--flower
the one vs. the many--woloch
common sense--rosenfeld
reconstructing public reason--macgilvray
a history of ambiguity--ossa-richardson
unnatural wonders--danto

what's brought you to campbell, frued, etc.?

>>15509646
im not saying deleuze is worthwhile, im saying that the people who came to me to build parts of that list wanted to know things like the performance of tank armor during WWII or the tactics of small guerrilla squads. deleuze ain't for the generals.

>>15509565
>>15509969
i'll entertain any request, though the lists are limited by my capacity to acquire the books--everything listed also has to be owned. as a result, i have very little on engineering (except architecture, which i studied) as a general subject, i have virtually nothing on asian, middle eastern, african or south american histories/arts, saving the essentials and basics. these are very much were i am limited by what i know and what i own.

>>15509987
yeah that was a fun thread. doxxing and cancer all wrapped into one joyful night.

>>15510264
this is fantastic, thank you. i am ALWAYS looking to refine, add to--and even subtract, if necessary--from any and all lists. they are dynamic things that feed on suggestions like yours. keep em comin if you got em.

>>15510435
>>15510469
it's all real, etc. people have doxxed the living shit outta me in so many different threads, not much left to hide, anyway; besides, i think sunlight is a great antiseptic, and i would much rather--as i said last night--be known for contributing real, lasting things than some series of illusions or what not. i'd be happy to expand on any part of what i do.
i spend a lot of my time at home, i've been coming to this board for years. a lot of high-end people lurk here, believe it or not. to think that the "greater world" is ignorant of 4chan or doesnt participate in any capacity is sorta a straw-man illusion, anon.

>>15497663
how would such a man react? i cant say: i provide the mold, i provide an infinite variety of forms to fill it, but it is up to that man to fill it as he sees fit. and so, i ask you: what would you do today? would your action be different if done under the promise of immortality?
for me, the answer is exactly before you: my hope is to provide for those who want and who need. my vision? after immortality, i'm just here for the ride. and when i mean "ride," i really mean: it is all for her.
with cancer i've had my lazarus moment: i've officially "died" and been coded 8 times by now. drill line to the shin, CPR, defib, etc. i'm more ghost than man at this point; i've long, long overstayed my welcome. and yet welcome i still somehow feel.
i love this world. i hope to bring together others who sincerely love it, whose talents are geared toward seeing something made out of it, something good. you could say: like every generation, i'm interested in cultivating the last greek age. are you interested in living well, in exploring what that means, in knowing truth and beauty and goodness, in finding some island amidst the flux? well--"abide with me--fast falls the eventide"

Have any books changed your life?