/lit/ - Literature

How is this even a question?

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
Gravity's Rainbow by thomas pynchon

Making music is easy as fuck
Even if you can't be bothered to learn theory, anyone can make lowercase, harsh noise, ambient, and most EDM on a computer with no musical knowledge
i recommend it

>tfw want to into politics and philosophy
>tfw /pol/ is just a bunch of anti-Semitic conspiracy nuts and no help
>too afraid to ask /lit/
>tfw the only thing you can talk to people about is music, film or literature, and everyone around you is a pleb, but your a pleb by 4chan standards
>tfw you have no career path you want to take, no idea what to major in
>tfw procrastinating everything, and have no idea how to get over it
I'm going to die a failure

bump

>>2515763
I love confederacy of dunces!

>>2515453
Thanks, I'll check them out
Is edna st vincent millay any good?
I saw her complete sonnets in a store the other day, and I wanted to buy it
Should I go back and purchase it? Or leave it on the shelf

>pic unrelated
I doubt it
Anyway OP, pick up candide by voltaire, slaughterhouse 5, tender is the night, one day in the life of ivan denisovich and the stranger

>>2515439
You don't like Ginsberg?
I take it you're not a fan of kerouac either
What kind of poetry are you into?
I'm honestly a poetry novice, I stole it because it was in the recommended poetry guide, and I couldn't find it anywhere else. I like Howl, after reading it a few times
Any poetry collections you would recommend?
Except Sylvia Plath

>>2515434
Yeah, but it's Allen Ginsberg, so it was worth it
Besides, as long as my books are readable, I don't care what condition they're in

>>2515408
Whip it

I stole a collection of poems from the library today
I ripped off the categorization sticker, ripped off the plastic jacket, and the library card as well as the barcode
And I had to cover the other sides of the book in black marker because there was the library stamp on each side
And I ripped out the first page because of the stamp on it, and cut out the ripped edges with a craft knife
Then hid it in my bag with a bunch of my books and checked out some library books
Damn, it feels good to be gangsta

>>2512668
An excuse for lack of concentration or anything like that
I'm 19
Also, /lit/izens, post in this thread
I know you're reading someting

>>2512638
Pretty much yeah
I've been diagnosed with ADHD, but I'm pretty sure that's just bullshit, so I don't use it as an excuse

What's in your currently reading pile? And what do you think of them so far?
For me
>Right Ho, Jeeves
I fucking love P.G. Wodehouse, and Arrow is amazing for republishing so much of his old work
>Confederacy of Dunces
Very funny, but I stopped at the dog part. It was kind of disturbing to me for some reason
>Kafka on The Shore
Pretty slow and uneventful so far, but that's just murakami
>Candide
The one I'm reading now, enjoying it a lot, a total schadenfreude book so far
What about you /lit/?

Yeah, that was me
I used to read in class all the time
Even though my taste was pretty plebeian, I still got complements (Ernest Hemingway, Haruki Murakami, J.D Salinger, etc)
I even got complements from my english teacher for reading such challenging books (He said he'd never finished anything by pynchon when he saw me reading crying of lot 49)
I remember insulting all the kids who read harry potter, and towards the end of high school, twilight as well
In fact, I got warnings for "bullying" for criticizing other peoples taste in literature, film and music

Man, /b/ is pretty dumb
That or it's filled with newfags
>>>/b/389180898

>>2512437
I rarely go on /tv/
Most of their taste is pretty childish, and they discuss tv too much, which I have no interest in
I mainly go on /mu/, /lit/ and sometimes /fa/ and /fit/

>>2512414
>On 4chan
>Considers himself superior
Right now?
I'm working on some music, I have some final exams coming up soon so I'm revising, and I'm making my way through my unheard section of my music library (about 70 albums)

>>2512403
I assume you watch television, play video games, and/or watch anime, and have deluded yourself into thinking it's not a shit-tier "hobby" and a waste of your time

>>2512386
>Prefer reading and listening to music, and watching the occasional movie instead of wasting my time with mindless, childish forms of entertainment
>Faggot
Whatever you say man

Mine is just albums, movies and books
Anime and video games are for children, and TV was just a waste of time

>>2508534
Didn't you see my mischievous smirk?
I wasn't being serious
I don't live in Australia anymore, so I'm glad I don't have to vote

>>2508515
Australia has shitty candidates anyway
Abott vs Gillard is really a choice between the lesser of two evils
I'd vote for Abott, in the hope that he pushes anti-abortion laws, gets rid of the civil union, etc.