August Reading-slowing down

Very well written.

However, I did not finish it. Maybe later.

Sparked a new topic of interest. Onto Allen Ginsberg or "Carlo Marx"

Oh Jack

Currently reading:

The point at which I felt it absolutely necessary to highlight what I had just read:

They danced down the streets like dingledodies, and I shambled after as I've been doing all my life after people who interest me, because the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones that never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "Awww!"


But I didn't. Ryan's copy. I might finish reading his but maybe I'll go buy my own hardcover.

June reading

Ah ha!

"Comic relief was provided by Ayn Rand, a writer who had emigrated from the Soviet Union and had plans to write a novel about an architect, inspired by articles she had read by and about Wright...

Wright never felt any real affinity with the fictional Roark and at first rejected any identification with the character- except for the talent and integrity part. He said that Rand failed to understand him and she never got it right. When asked if he was the model for Roark, he replied, "I deny the paternity and refuse to marry the mother." Only after the book and its hero became sensationally popular did he allow that perhaps he could identify with the impossibly arrogant and idealistic Roark."

Really must revisit Guggenheim now.

Definite eye opener.

A telling account of how one evolves from an ardent Kim Jong Il supporter/NK model citizen to a defector. I guess when you're living in the dark, that one light is the ONLY light you see.

On to some NYT Bestsellers- Something light and entertaining!