tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425732352511468694.post3534366611095360514..comments2023-08-20T04:55:39.436-07:00Comments on Ars Psychiatrica: MissingNovalishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10501890494890617030noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425732352511468694.post-83840985254028252282011-06-21T14:25:10.562-07:002011-06-21T14:25:10.562-07:00Right, I guess it was Pound who said that "Li...Right, I guess it was Pound who said that "Literature is news that stays news."Novalishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10501890494890617030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425732352511468694.post-280420155681527222011-06-21T12:48:44.605-07:002011-06-21T12:48:44.605-07:00Nice. One reason we keep a huge library and still...Nice. One reason we keep a huge library and still haunt second hand booksales (despite actually using kindles and iPads more often day to day to read) is that public libraries have abandonned the canon and gone for lending statistics as criteria for keeping books (four members of the family have had part library jobs over the years and seen the transformation). This means that if you don't own something, you may not be able to get to it when you want to look something up.<br /><br />I read mostly non fiction because of residual Puritanism from relatives hammering into menhow ignorant I was and how frivolous novels were. And yet I love some novels. But in a kind of excerpted way. They are frustrating to reread because you k ow how they turn out. And yet non fiction becomes obsolete faster...cookbooks are safe. :). Poetry, tho I hate most all modern poets. Hmmmm. I tend to like things my friends have written.Retrieverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09036341287285545932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425732352511468694.post-65846403507315660522011-06-21T11:53:14.100-07:002011-06-21T11:53:14.100-07:00I enjoyed this post (and am pleasantly surprised t...I enjoyed this post (and am pleasantly surprised that you are still posting)! I thought you had gone.<br /><br />In wrestling with the value of fiction and non-fiction, I sometimes think of it like the difference between updating my CV and writing an autobiography. My CV never really seems to capture my life as I live it no matter how many facts I include. My autobiography, however, could begin to convey what it is like to live my life, but the other individuals involved in my life would likely dispute my subjective version of the "facts."<br /><br />I enjoy both fiction and non-fiction, but I read them for different reasons.The Alienisthttp://thealienist.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com