tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post7738072342407497023..comments2024-03-14T02:18:13.285-05:00Comments on T h e | D e e p | M i d d l e: My Memoir Abstract--Would You read This?Benjamin Vogthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-17687955289425759542008-11-04T14:32:00.000-06:002008-11-04T14:32:00.000-06:00Yes, I would love to read more!What you are sugges...Yes, I would love to read more!<BR/>What you are suggesting is very thoughtful and I want find out more of your thoughts on the personal and the world/environment.Philip Bewleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02593795071070337798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-27592620858301634182008-11-01T18:49:00.000-05:002008-11-01T18:49:00.000-05:00Hey, I could review on radio? LOL but willing.......Hey, I could review on radio? LOL but willing....What do you mean 'if published'? Of course it will be published. Believe!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-20374129817394299472008-10-29T23:42:00.000-05:002008-10-29T23:42:00.000-05:00What Kim said! Layanee, too!And if you get it pub...What Kim said! Layanee, too!<BR/><BR/>And if you get it published, I'm requesting an advance copy so I can review it on my web site. :-DKylee Baumlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04288354709094515651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-5534061967809724352008-10-29T17:08:00.000-05:002008-10-29T17:08:00.000-05:00Layanee--Biased = 20% discount if the book's publi...Layanee--Biased = 20% discount if the book's published. Just print this comment. Comment's value is 1/100th of a cent and not redeemable. Comment offer expires day before book launch. Void where prohibited (continental United States).Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-11978466512018385282008-10-28T16:04:00.000-05:002008-10-28T16:04:00.000-05:00It sounds like a very interesting read. Each of u...It sounds like a very interesting read. Each of us has a unique fingerprint. We are who we are because of and in spite of our experiences and life influences. I am in the same camp as Blackswamp Girl. Biased!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-56066000949877724262008-10-27T11:47:00.000-05:002008-10-27T11:47:00.000-05:00Frances--If you are not an academic, then you are ...Frances--If you are not an academic, then you are my ideal audience, if not main audience! :)<BR/>Kim--What writing? Shoot, I try not to put much of my own up here: probably a combo of modesty and fear of having work stolen.<BR/>Ottawa--Yeah, soild boundaries of dichotomies gets us into trouble--the unfeeling, detached, unconnected kind. And so we kill the world and ourselves. Thanks for your Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-13164357667165147692008-10-27T11:15:00.000-05:002008-10-27T11:15:00.000-05:00Benjamin, I knew immediately that this book woul...Benjamin, I knew immediately that this book would resonate with several of my psychotherapy clients. All gardeners and all struggling with the 'lineage' they inherited. I want to read it, too! <BR/><BR/>Good luck!<BR/><BR/>GailGailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-27343459916386171702008-10-26T20:01:00.000-05:002008-10-26T20:01:00.000-05:00Interesting and combines two interests of mine gar...Interesting and combines two interests of mine gardening and memoir. As you are writing about environmental and other social structural concepts such as poverty etc... I see the barriers between inward and outward struggles as rather continuous and would enjoy them by messed around with a little. In order words, not having the solid barriers that we often employ when making dichotomous statementsOttawa Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14486499450332482461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-57175684491387543072008-10-26T19:20:00.000-05:002008-10-26T19:20:00.000-05:00I echo Frances... but must say that since I'm alre...I echo Frances... but must say that since I'm already a fan of your writing here, I'm clearly very biased.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14395380166485303934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-55394982212055051772008-10-26T18:15:00.000-05:002008-10-26T18:15:00.000-05:00I am not an academic, but would love to read this ...I am not an academic, but would love to read this book from your description.<BR/><BR/>Frances<BR/>http://fairegarden.wordpress.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-46240044879281792052008-10-24T10:12:00.000-05:002008-10-24T10:12:00.000-05:00Kate--Oh yes, art as mediator. I do not have a pub...Kate--Oh yes, art as mediator. I do not have a publisher, ha! In my dreams. I think with a first book, the book must come first, don't you know. Other cultures? English, French, certain Native American ones, Indian, Chines, Japanese, Australian, South American, Italian....<BR/>Nancy--Greek Classics from Brown? Though I am so burned out it's not even funny, I can't imagine how burned out and Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-90141748132840044772008-10-24T09:29:00.000-05:002008-10-24T09:29:00.000-05:00Maybe it's the academic in me, but the second para...Maybe it's the academic in me, but the second paragraph seems clear to me. Artistic expression seems external, the collective struggle with our humanity (that's my parsing)that this exemplifies is paralleled in the personal struggles in the second half of the comparison. Not a good sentence on my part, but the original reads clearly. <BR/><BR/>My only quibble? Change "seminal" to "germinal." We Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-24469677761746934522008-10-23T16:05:00.000-05:002008-10-23T16:05:00.000-05:00I think your topic is fascinating and your brief a...I think your topic is fascinating and your brief abstract would certainly pique my interest enough to read further. Best of luck with your defense, Benjamin -- my best friend recently received her PhD in Greek Classics from Brown. I know how hard you've worked for this. Keep us updated. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-29258633878208853542008-10-23T12:53:00.000-05:002008-10-23T12:53:00.000-05:00I find this utterly fascinating, but a couple key ...I find this utterly fascinating, but a couple key ideas still elude me. Take the beginning of the second paragraph. It's hard for me to see "artistic interpretation" of nature as part of "this outward struggle." And I guess I don't get "this outward struggle with our humanity." It seems to me that any struggle with our humanity is inward, though it may have outward manifestations. Maybe I'm beingthemanicgardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08750985315536912324noreply@blogger.com