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The Secret Shit
 

kzoopair 73M/71F
25831 posts
4/10/2016 1:42 am

 I haven't read Steve Erickson but I have read Othello.
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humorlife 56M  
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5/21/2016 1:02 am

 Your post, as usual, was spot-on and provocative... and perhaps the greatest compliment that you could have gotten is embedded in the comments. You've rallied the bibliophiles of the blogosphere around your post, and I'm going to have to go back through the comments and make notes for my ever-expanding "to read" list!

It's sad, though, that a love of books has to be considered a secret: Anti-intellectualism is a hallmark of the lesser aspect of populist movements, and when our leaders boldly assert their contempt for book learning, those of us with more than our share of milk crates filled with books get nervous.

But... your post, your post, your post! Orwell, Wodehouse, Twain -- and thank you for that, as I am choosing to take it as a wink -- and best of all, one of the more underappreciated Beats, Gregory Corso. I am once again strengthening my resolution that someday I will have a chance to run barefoot through your personal library.

Speaking of which, two of the greatest books on the love of reading are Helene Hanff's "84, Charing Cross Road" and Italo Calvino's "If Upon A Winter's Night A Traveler." The latter is fiction, the former not, which should satisfy most tastes.

Aside from having to hide your book-loving proclivities, the other secret you mentioned was the search for a truth, or at least an illumination, through books. My hope is that you never find it, for that might serve as an excuse to burn your library card.

Finally, I am reminded of a bit of rabbinic wisdom. It seems a Jewish couple sought counsel to get married, and the rabbi who was to officiate their wedding asked what the main furnishing of their home was. "Books," they replied. The rabbi nodded sagely. "That is good," he said. "In books you will find the answers to many problems."

I'm not sure whether that's true, but six months later the same rabbi was busted for tax evasion. You pays your money and you picks your morals -- or lack thereof.

Great, great post. Apologies for taking so long to get to it.
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kzoopair 73M/71F
25831 posts
5/21/2016 8:02 am

 Thanks, HG. I actually have three copies of "If on a Winter's Night....."

The very best thing about reading is that the task is never finished. I feel a sense of loss every time I finish a good book, but there's always a new one waiting for me, after a respectful grieving period.
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