Comments on: “My mother is a fish” http://bavatuesdays.com/my-mother-is-a-fish/ a "b" blog Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:25:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Bryan Alexander http://bavatuesdays.com/my-mother-is-a-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-84175 Bryan Alexander Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:15:56 +0000 http://bavatuesdays.com/?p=4529#comment-84175 I can dig it. (First Faulkner I read was _Sound and the Fury_, in a class called Madness, Meaninglessness, and Deviant Sexuality. Awesome.) I can dig it.

(First Faulkner I read was _Sound and the Fury_, in a class called Madness, Meaninglessness, and Deviant Sexuality. Awesome.)

]]> By: Reverend http://bavatuesdays.com/my-mother-is-a-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-83981 Reverend Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:32:46 +0000 http://bavatuesdays.com/?p=4529#comment-83981 Bryan, Without a doubt, the description of Mrs. Coldfield on the first 5 pages is worth the price of admission alone. Wonderful! Bryan,

Without a doubt, the description of Mrs. Coldfield on the first 5 pages is worth the price of admission alone. Wonderful!

]]> By: Bryan Alexander http://bavatuesdays.com/my-mother-is-a-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-83980 Bryan Alexander Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:16:39 +0000 http://bavatuesdays.com/?p=4529#comment-83980 I adore _As I Lay Dying_. Reading it in an awesome class helped make me an English major, leading down the dark path to being an English pr-f-ss-r. I can read out loud from any chapter with delight. I've been saving up Absalom, absalom!. Are you saying I should take the plunge? I adore _As I Lay Dying_. Reading it in an awesome class helped make me an English major, leading down the dark path to being an English pr-f-ss-r. I can read out loud from any chapter with delight.

I’ve been saving up Absalom, absalom!. Are you saying I should take the plunge?

]]> By: Reverend http://bavatuesdays.com/my-mother-is-a-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-83922 Reverend Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:22:19 +0000 http://bavatuesdays.com/?p=4529#comment-83922 At least we can agree on Faulkner. Swampy, nostalgic magic! At least we can agree on Faulkner. Swampy, nostalgic magic!
]]> By: Mara http://bavatuesdays.com/my-mother-is-a-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-83910 Mara Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:31:29 +0000 http://bavatuesdays.com/?p=4529#comment-83910 Don't drop on your plush fainting couch, TBJG, but we agree 100% again: there is nothing like Absalom! Absalom! The first time I read it was on my parents' front porch in PA in a sultry August, and when my mom called me I couldn't tell if I was swimming up out of the humidity or the prose to try to recontact the world. Both-- and I barely made it to the surface, believe me. Thanks for the shout out for my girl Julia Ruane and the excellent students of the FSEM! They will be pleased. Don’t drop on your plush fainting couch, TBJG, but we agree 100% again: there is nothing like Absalom! Absalom! The first time I read it was on my parents’ front porch in PA in a sultry August, and when my mom called me I couldn’t tell if I was swimming up out of the humidity or the prose to try to recontact the world. Both– and I barely made it to the surface, believe me.

Thanks for the shout out for my girl Julia Ruane and the excellent students of the FSEM! They will be pleased.

]]> By: Reverend http://bavatuesdays.com/my-mother-is-a-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-83884 Reverend Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:42:20 +0000 http://bavatuesdays.com/?p=4529#comment-83884 Martha, You got me, I changed it. It should read "remotely as excited" which was an attempt to suggest just how excited I am. I have been very excited about many things I have done these last years as an instructional technologist, as you know quite well. But the very idea that I would be asked to talk about Absalom, absalom! with free range to tie it into anything I want is pretty wild for me. It just doesn't compute, and that's why I love it so. It's against the very logic of the whole system, and re-imagines the spaces in some very exciting ways :) Martha,

You got me, I changed it. It should read “remotely as excited” which was an attempt to suggest just how excited I am. I have been very excited about many things I have done these last years as an instructional technologist, as you know quite well. But the very idea that I would be asked to talk about Absalom, absalom! with free range to tie it into anything I want is pretty wild for me. It just doesn’t compute, and that’s why I love it so. It’s against the very logic of the whole system, and re-imagines the spaces in some very exciting ways :)

]]> By: Martha http://bavatuesdays.com/my-mother-is-a-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-83883 Martha Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:23:34 +0000 http://bavatuesdays.com/?p=4529#comment-83883 also, the absurdity is definitely worthy of love. :) also, the absurdity is definitely worthy of love. :)
]]> By: Martha http://bavatuesdays.com/my-mother-is-a-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-83882 Martha Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:22:55 +0000 http://bavatuesdays.com/?p=4529#comment-83882 Is this a typo?: "Regardless of the absurdity of the situation, I haven’t been even remotely excited about anything I’ve been asked to do in the past four years. . " cause if not, that's kind of sad, Rev. Is this a typo?:

“Regardless of the absurdity of the situation, I haven’t been even remotely excited about anything I’ve been asked to do in the past four years. . ”

cause if not, that’s kind of sad, Rev.

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