Oh dear! Poor fiction, says I--having published two novels! Still, I can understand--that non-fiction may do a bit more staving! Thanks. k. (maniccdaily at wordpress)
A very noble cataloging indeed! Thanks for posting to my prompt for Tender buttons! I like how you used a mimicry of Stein but added the Buddah logic to make it your own. Viva la
Oh I feel the same way. After decades of escape reading in novels, all I have wanted in my later years is non-fiction. Real lives are far more interesting - and usually unbelievable - than anything any writer can make up.
Buddah, you should have been a doctor. They can't possibly read all the latest in the medical field. Mora: get a young doctor who has learned the latest in school. Also the young doctor SHOULD outlive you. Nice relaxed reading today, thank you. ..
I like the sense you have achieved here of stacking, both in phrases and in the form of line length. There is a hardiness or permanence in nonfiction, which provides a sense of foundation.
See, I feel just the opposite, although I do seem to be reading more non-fiction as I get older. But really, as long as we are reading, it's all good. I love the idea that we are staving off The Angel of Death as we read.
BUDDAH! I am back if only to do something creative while nursing laryngitis. This was BRILL. Not biting off too big a hunk of the dictionary, the sparse wordplay in here works. The concept of non-fiction "staving off the Angel of Death," plus the snark on fiction, really right up the Stein alley. The Steinway. Ha ha ha ha. I have missed you. Chair and rump, chair harrumphs death angel. Yeah, like that. Amelita
Oh but Mosky dear, all stories are true (in some sense), and good fiction shows the truth behind the "facts".
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I guess anything that can keep that Angel at bay works... ~
ReplyDeleteFiction books
ReplyDeleteremain superfluous.... ? Nah, I have to have my sci-fi.
I require both types of books for life; at least an fulfilling life. :o)
ReplyDeleteNeatly done. But in my old age I am retreating not only to fiction but genre fiction. I have given up wanting to Know, sure that we can't.
ReplyDeleteOh dear! Poor fiction, says I--having published two novels! Still, I can understand--that non-fiction may do a bit more staving! Thanks. k. (maniccdaily at wordpress)
ReplyDeleteA very noble cataloging indeed! Thanks for posting to my prompt for Tender buttons! I like how you used a mimicry of Stein but added the Buddah logic to make it your own. Viva la
ReplyDeleteOh I feel the same way. After decades of escape reading in novels, all I have wanted in my later years is non-fiction. Real lives are far more interesting - and usually unbelievable - than anything any writer can make up.
ReplyDeleteYou know, I'm not sure that nonfiction books get enough love. I like that you wrote them a love poem.
ReplyDeleteI am so much better with fiction. But I still love this. :)
ReplyDeleteBuddah, you should have been a doctor. They can't possibly read all the latest in the medical field. Mora: get a young doctor who has learned the latest in school. Also the young doctor SHOULD outlive you. Nice relaxed reading today, thank you.
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I like the sense you have achieved here of stacking, both in phrases and in the form of line length. There is a hardiness or permanence in nonfiction, which provides a sense of foundation.
ReplyDeleteSee, I feel just the opposite, although I do seem to be reading more non-fiction as I get older. But really, as long as we are reading, it's all good. I love the idea that we are staving off The Angel of Death as we read.
ReplyDeleteHaha, never!
ReplyDeleteI'm reading Alice Munro now ~~ best kind of fiction. Smiles.
ReplyDeleteBUDDAH! I am back if only to do something creative while nursing laryngitis. This was BRILL. Not biting off too big a hunk of the dictionary, the sparse wordplay in here works. The concept of non-fiction "staving off the Angel of Death," plus the snark on fiction, really right up the Stein alley. The Steinway. Ha ha ha ha. I have missed you. Chair and rump, chair harrumphs death angel. Yeah, like that. Amelita
ReplyDeleteI'm completely the opposite! Fiction for me-life is enough non-fiction!
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