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18704862 No.18704862 [Reply] [Original]

There's so much I wouldn't know about literature if it weren't for /lit/.

I think some posters on /lit/, especially ones from Europe or Asia, don't appreciate just how much people in North America aren't taught, when it comes to great literature. I went to public school in the United States and /lit/ has been responsible for introducing me to a whole range of writers that I would probably never have known about otherwise. I'm not talking about meme authors like Evola or Guenon, either. I'm talking about real writers or real poets.

I wouldn't have known about Gene Wolfe if it weren't for /lit/.

I wouldn't have known about Borges if it weren't for /lit/.

I wouldn't have known about Pessoa if it weren't for /lit/.

I wouldn't have known about Bolano if it weren't for /lit/.

I probably wouldn't have known about writers like Nabokov, or poets like Schiller, if it weren't for /lit/.

So thanks, /lit/. Thanks for making up for my lack of education. I unironically appreciate you.

>> No.18704864

TLDR

>> No.18704893

>>18704862
Now onto Pound, Ford, and Joyce.

>> No.18705978

>>18704862
I agree
This place is about elitist enough that it's helpful
I remember spending some time on the books leddit when I was younger and I swear I would still be reading YA if I kept browsing there