tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5410373290265879019.post5852763286012408362..comments2024-03-19T03:22:06.746-04:00Comments on THE READING APE: Literary Fact of the Day Round-Up: August 2-15the Apehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14060965283007759623noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5410373290265879019.post-68855204034078284972010-12-10T13:09:31.191-05:002010-12-10T13:09:31.191-05:00didn't coleridge actually only write the first...didn't coleridge actually only write the first 50 or so lines of kublai khan after waking? (according to his story, that is.) the rest he said he wrote after being interrupted and forgetting the remainder of the dream.Ellenhttp://fatbooks.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5410373290265879019.post-27954806763968560202010-08-20T11:20:50.775-04:002010-08-20T11:20:50.775-04:00Robert Frost is probably my favorite poet, and and...Robert Frost is probably my favorite poet, and and fact that he did his famous reading of "The Gift Outright" from the heart makes him all the more endearing to me.<br />BTW, I just started reading this blog and absolutely love it. Great job!<br />-Isaac<br /><a rel="nofollow">towerofstories.blogspot.com</a>Isaac7985https://www.blogger.com/profile/06066893766831654242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5410373290265879019.post-84020615000483172752010-08-16T12:43:06.597-04:002010-08-16T12:43:06.597-04:00Ugh ... I meant Faulkner, not Fitzgerald, above. ...Ugh ... I meant Faulkner, not Fitzgerald, above. Given that they were both broke screenwriters at the time, it's easy to get them confused.Patrick (at The Literate Man)https://www.blogger.com/profile/05126952182728811711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5410373290265879019.post-74406287478654474652010-08-16T11:56:57.701-04:002010-08-16T11:56:57.701-04:00Just stopping by to let you know I've given yo...Just stopping by to let you know I've given you an award; stop by my blog to see. :)<br /><br />Also, I love the ones about Coleridge, Ellison, and Ginsberg. Very interesting.Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16626406695761339568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5410373290265879019.post-52962624599896156482010-08-15T23:42:00.903-04:002010-08-15T23:42:00.903-04:00I saw Gwendolyn Brooks speak once... not so impres...I saw Gwendolyn Brooks speak once... not so impressed... she should stick to writing.Clintonhttp://every-day-is-a-saturday.posterous.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5410373290265879019.post-85128153236768700652010-08-15T13:17:29.866-04:002010-08-15T13:17:29.866-04:00I find the factoid about Coleridge even more amazi...I find the factoid about Coleridge even more amazing — as in crazy, unexplainbly weird - than Faulkner's composition of As I Lay Dying. KAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5410373290265879019.post-33680918659468808272010-08-15T10:59:50.387-04:002010-08-15T10:59:50.387-04:00Fitzgerald's "adaptation" of To Have...Fitzgerald's "adaptation" of To Have and Have Not is so far from the original that I'm surprised Hemingway allowed the title to be used. The settings, the plot, and even some of the characters are radically different from the book.Patrick (at The Literate Man)https://www.blogger.com/profile/05126952182728811711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5410373290265879019.post-22294674310010603022010-08-14T22:22:59.735-04:002010-08-14T22:22:59.735-04:00Great stuff! How scary to think that you are lined...Great stuff! How scary to think that you are lined up waiting for execution only to find it commuted at the last minuteRebecca Chapmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14144719070318640603noreply@blogger.com