August 19, 2016

Summer Reading: The More Things Change, the More We're Absolutely Fucked

Do you want to know what Diana has for summer reading? This:

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Remember when I complained that it was stuff that was too easy and not compelling, like The Secret Life of Bees? Well, here we are with language poetry and images and it turns out that I am NOT READY. Not ready for her to be reading things I can't fully grasp. And haven't heard of before. I am not ready for her to set off on a path I am unfamiliar with. I am not ready for her to go away.

I am not ready for many, many things. Maybe I can find a way to be ready for this?

Apparently, summer reading will get you one way or another. 

Aug 19, 2016 2:25:22 PM | Literary miscellany

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