In no particular order... this was so hard to do!
The Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters
Not Quite What I was Planning: A Collection of Six-Word Memoirs edited by Smith Magazine
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers (Thanks Ann Page!)
1984 by George Orwell
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
s√he by Saul Williams
Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry
The Complete Book of Fairy Tales by the Brothers Grimm
Feed by M. T. Anderson
The Hours by Michael Cunningham (again, thank you Ann Page!)
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Oh, "Feed." Not sure if I completely agree with that one based on the fact I didn't really enjoy it much in David's class (enjoy not being a category of analysis haha). I guess the thing that really sort of ruined it for me is that it seemed like an awful knock-off of "Brave New World," which is one of my favorite dystopic novels. Though I think the writing was brilliant, the story again fell short for me. It didn't keep me enthralled. I also think it's directed towards the wrong age group. I would have wanted to throw the book away had I read it in middle school/beginning of high school. However, I am happy to see that "1984" got a nod. I debated putting that one on mine too. :)
ReplyDelete"Kite Runner" - I was very close to putting this one in my own personal canon, but we had to choose only 10! It was difficult to leave that one out.
ReplyDeleteQuestion on "Not Quite What I was Planning"... is this a collection of six word essays? This idea is interesting to me. Reminds me of Hemingway's "For sale: baby shoes, never worn."
This is a really interesting collection of works, Mar. I don't agree with everything on here, but the things I have the most trouble with are "Not Quite What I Was Planning" and the anthology. I guess I sort of feel like an anthology is cheating because you get to include hundreds of works all under one title... haha. And "Not Quite What I Was Planning" sort of disappointed me. Some of the "essays" were brilliant, but some seemed pretty meaningless and uninspiring. Also, I don't think it has any real literary value. I think it's fun, and I think it's an interesting experiment, but I don't think it is lasting literature that will live through the ages.
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