/lit/ - Literature

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>Period by Dennis Cooper -8
It was a great work of smoke and mirrors that both revealed the main reason for the George Miles Cycle in a way that allows for the "Cycle" to be a cycle. It was a very sad and tender work.
>Big Sur by Jack Kerouac -8
I was not a big fan of On the Road, but this was a great read, but also very sad. Kerouac seems to be drowning in his Catholic shame.
>The Hairy Ape by Eugene O'Neil- 8
I read this for class, but it remains a strong work of modernism.
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>The Iliad
I just picked it up randomly after it being on my shelf for a while. I like it but I just passed that long list of commanders of ships, which was pretty annoying.
>Native Son by Richard Wright
Great book so far. I am reading it to get ahead in class and it is truly a pleasure to read. Bigger's character is so well fleshed out.
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>The Odyssey?
I read parts of it in my freshman year of high school, but that is it so all I know is that Odysseus is a great liar.
>Poetry?
I have been meaning to jump into a handful of poetry anthologies lately.
>The Bible?
I read up to Exodus, but never got to the New Testament.