/lit/ - Literature

>>14587113
i wasn't embarrassed. no ones literate now adays

>pull out some Glen Cook to read before class starts
>girls sitting next to me immediately wet themselves
>Brad flashes me a knowing grin, then gives me a friendly, two fingered salute
>class manlet who brought Sanderson storms out
I just read his works at home now, not worth the attention

>>14587113
I don't read in public

>>14587211
>i
>now adays
You’re right about something at least.

>>14587257
This

>>14587113
why would you be in public ever?

>>14587113
Any biography on the perpetrators of infamous, widely-known atrocities. Poetry, as a genre, is best read in the privacy of your home, as you risk ostracism by consuming it in public view.

>>14588390
>you risk ostracism by consuming [poetry] in public view
huh? why?

>>14587113
The average dumbass doesn't know what this is.

>>14587251
I know what you mean. It's nearly impossible to read Glenn Cook in public without girls trying to rip my pants off.

>>14588402
Everyone will think youre a cat woman or lonely-ass, effeminate man if they catch you reading poetry in public.

Certain books are okay, like Arthur Rimbaud collections, but I wouldn’t reccomend reading anything like Sylvia Plath out in the open.

>>14587113
Why would I read in public when I could be talking to other people? I'll read when I'm home, no need to hurry

>>14588475
>lonely-ass, effeminate man
Oh.

>>14587258
Thank you anon

>>14587113
This Russian author somehow sounds way more eloquent than I could ever hope to be as an EOP. Although the odd bits of French did feel a bit pretentious.

I got called a saddo by a very drunk friend of a friend when they came back to my apartment and saw me re-reading The Book of Disquiet.

>>14587251
based and cookpilled

I unironically want a dual screen e-reader so that the cover of whatever book I'm reading is visible.

>>14588411
What