Comments for A Like Affair With Words http://rkaufman.wordpress.com words of wisdom from your friendly neighborhood writer Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:56:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU Comment on Comment policy and disclaimers by Jane Burek http://rkaufman.wordpress.com/comment-policy/#comment-1708 Jane Burek Wed, 07 May 2008 17:32:26 +0000 http://rkaufman.wordpress.com/comment-policy/#comment-1708 Re: Dave Eggars Is Weird, what am I searching for, here is the google search: "Dave Eggers" "sister" beth Reason being, I like to read about the misfits whose interpretation of accepted PR realities don't jibe. Also, I have a (unproven) theory -- ever since reading Little Women -- that Beths tend to be neurotic in a repressed, self-hating way. Feel bad that Egger's sister Beth committed suicide. Wish someone coulda reached her, but that's almost always impossible anyway. Re: Dave Eggars Is Weird, what am I searching for, here is the google search:

“Dave Eggers” “sister” beth

Reason being, I like to read about the misfits whose interpretation of accepted PR realities don’t jibe. Also, I have a (unproven) theory — ever since reading Little Women — that Beths tend to be neurotic in a repressed, self-hating way. Feel bad that Egger’s sister Beth committed suicide. Wish someone coulda reached her, but that’s almost always impossible anyway.

]]> Comment on Raja Rao’s Kanthapura part 2 by anonymous http://rkaufman.wordpress.com/2008/01/04/raja-raos-kanthapura-part-2/#comment-1701 anonymous Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:51:50 +0000 http://rkaufman.wordpress.com/2008/01/04/raja-raos-kanthapura-part-2/#comment-1701 some people are more easily pleased than others. Moreover, there are a lot of very complicated novels from the western tradition that are just as if not more complicated than raja rao's, but they are typically A) a lot more accessible to a western audience, and B) they have more to say on a wider range of subjects to begin with. The book is more poetic than many novels, but it's way too much of raja rao or the narrator talking and not enough of his characters. A good contrast would be E.M. Forster's Passage to India, where the characters talk a good deal more than the narrator. Unless the author is especially witty, clever, or otherwise inherently entertaining (as a novelist should at least attempt to be if they're expecting any kind of success in the traditional sense) then they fail. This book fails because it's really pretty boring. I work thirty hours a week and have 17 credits. I had to read this book in a couple weeks with an hour or two a day where I could sit down with the book, and it was a chore every time. I really enjoy reading, but this book just broke my will down as few have. some people are more easily pleased than others. Moreover, there are a lot of very complicated novels from the western tradition that are just as if not more complicated than raja rao’s, but they are typically A) a lot more accessible to a western audience, and B) they have more to say on a wider range of subjects to begin with. The book is more poetic than many novels, but it’s way too much of raja rao or the narrator talking and not enough of his characters. A good contrast would be E.M. Forster’s Passage to India, where the characters talk a good deal more than the narrator. Unless the author is especially witty, clever, or otherwise inherently entertaining (as a novelist should at least attempt to be if they’re expecting any kind of success in the traditional sense) then they fail. This book fails because it’s really pretty boring. I work thirty hours a week and have 17 credits. I had to read this book in a couple weeks with an hour or two a day where I could sit down with the book, and it was a chore every time. I really enjoy reading, but this book just broke my will down as few have.

]]> Comment on *groan* by Vox http://rkaufman.wordpress.com/2008/02/25/groan/#comment-1630 Vox Thu, 28 Feb 2008 23:07:23 +0000 http://rkaufman.wordpress.com/?p=248#comment-1630 That's good to hear. I think the problem is that satire has been used to protect people's freedom of speech (you know, when it's actually satire), but it is difficult to define exactly what is and isn't satire concretely, in legal terms. So it gets used as a crutch by everyone and their brother to cover up all kinds of vile speech. That’s good to hear.

I think the problem is that satire has been used to protect people’s freedom of speech (you know, when it’s actually satire), but it is difficult to define exactly what is and isn’t satire concretely, in legal terms. So it gets used as a crutch by everyone and their brother to cover up all kinds of vile speech.

]]> Comment on Poetry: The Owl and the Pussycat by Vox http://rkaufman.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/poetry-the-owl-and-the-pussycat/#comment-1629 Vox Thu, 28 Feb 2008 23:05:30 +0000 http://rkaufman.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/poetry-the-owl-and-the-pussycat/#comment-1629 I LOVE that poem! When I was a little kid, I had a record of it; someone had written music and made it a little song. I can still sing the whole thing. I played that record so many times that you could barely hear parts of it. I LOVE that poem! When I was a little kid, I had a record of it; someone had written music and made it a little song. I can still sing the whole thing. I played that record so many times that you could barely hear parts of it.

]]> Comment on Poetry: The Owl and the Pussycat by Rachel http://rkaufman.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/poetry-the-owl-and-the-pussycat/#comment-1628 Rachel Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:33:06 +0000 http://rkaufman.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/poetry-the-owl-and-the-pussycat/#comment-1628 What? I freaking love this poem :D What? I freaking love this poem :D

]]> Comment on *groan* by Rachel http://rkaufman.wordpress.com/2008/02/25/groan/#comment-1627 Rachel Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:01:57 +0000 http://rkaufman.wordpress.com/?p=248#comment-1627 Thanks much. Man, I don't understand people. Satire is satire. This is just mind-numbingly dumb. The student press published an actual apology after their sort of fake apology, which I can't find now but when I was googling for it I found that Karson has been suspended from the paper. http://dailycamera.com/news/2008/feb/28/paper-suspends-karson/ Thanks much. Man, I don’t understand people. Satire is satire. This is just mind-numbingly dumb.

The student press published an actual apology after their sort of fake apology, which I can’t find now but when I was googling for it I found that Karson has been suspended from the paper.
http://dailycamera.com/news/2008/feb/28/paper-suspends-karson/

]]> Comment on Poetry: The Owl and the Pussycat by Libby http://rkaufman.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/poetry-the-owl-and-the-pussycat/#comment-1626 Libby Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:11:44 +0000 http://rkaufman.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/poetry-the-owl-and-the-pussycat/#comment-1626 Oh Rachel. Oh Rachel.

]]> Comment on For journos and webheads: Growing Your News Website by Vox http://rkaufman.wordpress.com/2008/02/20/for-journos-and-webheads-growing-your-news-website/#comment-1622 Vox Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:49:17 +0000 http://rkaufman.wordpress.com/2008/02/20/for-journos-and-webheads-growing-your-news-website/#comment-1622 I will so be passing this on. Thanks! I will so be passing this on. Thanks!

]]> Comment on *groan* by Vox http://rkaufman.wordpress.com/2008/02/25/groan/#comment-1621 Vox Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:48:13 +0000 http://rkaufman.wordpress.com/?p=248#comment-1621 There are a good couple of posts on this at <a href="http://www.reappropriate.com/?p=1078" rel="nofollow">reappropriate</a>, too. I'm catching up on the blogroll a little, don't mind me. There are a good couple of posts on this at reappropriate, too.

I’m catching up on the blogroll a little, don’t mind me.

]]> Comment on Career books and being a mini-celebrity by A plug « A Like Affair With Words http://rkaufman.wordpress.com/2008/01/24/career-books-and-being-a-mini-celebrity/#comment-1618 A plug « A Like Affair With Words Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:04:40 +0000 http://rkaufman.wordpress.com/2008/01/24/career-books-and-being-a-mini-celebrity/#comment-1618 [...] blog of a fellow former Minnesotan trying to break into journalism here in DC. I met Jessica at a women-only career seminar and totally understand how hard it is to do what she’s doing. So in the name of chicks [...] [...] blog of a fellow former Minnesotan trying to break into journalism here in DC. I met Jessica at a women-only career seminar and totally understand how hard it is to do what she’s doing. So in the name of chicks [...]

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