tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post3751597719510030508..comments2024-03-14T02:18:13.285-05:00Comments on T h e | D e e p | M i d d l e: Influential Writers MemeBenjamin Vogthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-40703609947087025592010-12-09T09:06:36.811-06:002010-12-09T09:06:36.811-06:00Michael Pollan is one of my faves too. Hope he wri...Michael Pollan is one of my faves too. Hope he writes more soon.Chloe mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02265196480664185330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-50032046553527843232010-12-03T09:48:10.384-06:002010-12-03T09:48:10.384-06:00One of my favorites:
Sylvia Plath-Daddy
So power...One of my favorites:<br /><br />Sylvia Plath-Daddy<br /><br />So powerful that it paralyzes first time readers.Indoor Fountainshttp://www.kineticfountains.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-54832695977657949062010-12-03T09:25:44.404-06:002010-12-03T09:25:44.404-06:00Susan--I checked ou from the semester over turkey ...Susan--I checked ou from the semester over turkey break. Man. It feels especially long yet short this year. And once again, I put too much emotional energy into my classes and not enough into my own work.Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-53210239819531504152010-12-02T17:54:03.269-06:002010-12-02T17:54:03.269-06:00P.S. The semester is nearly over and I am practica...P.S. The semester is nearly over and I am practically giddy from the knowledge.Susan Tomlinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01532464326705599296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-56785355528015862532010-12-02T17:53:18.937-06:002010-12-02T17:53:18.937-06:00A stellar list.A stellar list.Susan Tomlinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01532464326705599296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-86873669188030782032010-11-28T11:48:32.982-06:002010-11-28T11:48:32.982-06:00Carol--James Wright is perhaps my favoite poet of ...Carol--James Wright is perhaps my favoite poet of all time. So many poems like "Blessing" in The Branch Will Not Break. And I'd love for you to have a copy of my tiny little book. Here's a link: http://www.finishinglinepress.com/NewReleasesandForthcomingTitles.htm. I'm toward the bottom.Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-69052626559743945402010-11-28T07:36:56.090-06:002010-11-28T07:36:56.090-06:00Fantastic list! I share your love of most of these...Fantastic list! I share your love of most of these and would have to add Emerson and Goethe etc. . . . oh gosh maybe I should just make my own. I did not recall or maybe never knew Wright . . . I love this line from 'Blessing' "That if I stepped out of my body I would break Into blossom." Somehow I think I have read it before . . . how would one ever forget though. Positive Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01067132532095325169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-45130524624221781572010-11-27T16:09:58.908-06:002010-11-27T16:09:58.908-06:00Craig--Low brow is a relief, an elixir at times.. ...Craig--Low brow is a relief, an elixir at times.. I've tried to like John McPhee, but just can't do it. Wendell Berry I can.Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-42661111321676414652010-11-26T16:08:19.068-06:002010-11-26T16:08:19.068-06:00Being not so literary, I'd have a hard time na...Being not so literary, I'd have a hard time naming 15 -- though if I tried we'd have a handful in common. Guess I'd have to add John McPhee and Wendell Berry. And maybe Tom Robbins and Douglas Adams, which shows you how low-brow I am.Craig @ Ellis Hollowhttp://ellishollow.remarc.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-322446717202460032010-11-26T14:39:19.116-06:002010-11-26T14:39:19.116-06:00Esther--I figure if you made a list, I wouldn'...Esther--I figure if you made a list, I wouldn't know many of yours either. So many writers, so many books, how does anyone (writer or reader) ever connect, ever find their way? I used to hate Robert Frost, particularly in college. Ah, to be young and dumb.Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-44797559782664952302010-11-26T14:00:14.046-06:002010-11-26T14:00:14.046-06:00I feel foolish. I hardly know any of the writers o...I feel foolish. I hardly know any of the writers on your list. We would have Robert Frost in common though.<br /><br />Don't give up. (Not that you will.)<br /><br />EstherEsther Montgomeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05412078991551799972noreply@blogger.com