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Originally Posted by Josh Hagler
David,
I'm a fan of many of the authors on your list, but have read none of the books you mentioned. Recently (within the last year) I read Beautiful Losers by Leonard Cohen. It is not exactly a book of poetry, but it might as well be. It is narrative in form, but loosely, sort of like Kabuki you might say. I am a gushing fan of LC in general.
If you happen to read this post, I would like to take a recommendation from you on any book you think I ought to read. I have finished most of the books I have been meaning to get to, so will start looking around again soon.
Thanks for posting that list.
Josh
P.S.--If I might make a recommendation in comics, I highly recommend Muth's re-release of "M" in graphic novel form, a retelling of the Fritz Lang film from the early 1930's. It is so gorgeous it is hard to believe. A reminder that I have much to learn.
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Josh, I'm a Leonard Cohen admirer too. I recommend a recent collection of his poetry called "The Book of Longing".
Also I just finished a book by Daniel Quinn called- "If they give you lined paper write sideways". It is a discussion of he a reader about his though process as a sort of outsider anthropologists of humans behavior and history.
Very thought provoking.
I follow up with some other recent reads soon.
Thanks for your suggestions as well!