/lit/ - Literature

I'm doing homework, and I need a few suggestions.

I need a good example of a pointless for the sake of it type story.

Why do there exist no right wing literature of film theorists?

Is ideology a form of mental slavery?

How does it feel to know that you will never be as intelligent and attractive as this man?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IGIBq2_OJM

How can you know?

Will studying philosophy make me more analytical and logical in my thinking?

How do I write poetry /lit/?

How do I prevent a loss of self esteem when challenging my intellectual acumen?

Be honest, is what you read almost always largely in line with your politics or viewpoints or do you take your information from as many different sources as you can?

Are there any books with extremely dense prose that are also beautifully executed?

It's been 3 months since I have last read a book and I'm looking for something that I can really work at. Also, I hated the 90 some page of infinite jest that I forced myself to read.

okay.

Hey /lit/. I typically don't come on here, but I have a question that I figured you'd be able to answer.

If you're using quotes at the end of a sentence, do you put the period outside the quotes or inside? Does it depend on how you're using the quotes?

I'm more of a math guy, so I've never been the best at this sort of thing.