The Great Gatsby conveys grand themes and fine descriptions. But what makes it a Great American Novel? It’s really short | @aldaily #literary #literature #humanities #books via @the_point_mag > thepointmag.com/criticism/amer… #writing
Chris Collins
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Chris Collins
@CollChris
Itinerant traveler (Asia), who sadly ran out of petrol on the road less travelled
Joined February 2009
- Herman Melville: He wrote most of Moby Dick on land in a valley on a farm in a house a-dither w/ his wife his sisters his mother, a family man’s Walden > is.gd/jht9Hz | #literature #books #writing #humanities #literary via @NewYorker
- 'In his work William Faulkner could not escape Civil War’s aftermath or its meaning. Neither can we.' via @TheAtlantic #humanities #writing #books #literary #literature > theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
- #ParisAttacks should be proof yet again to all of us that what @Snowden said of NSA spying is correct.
- 'While less famous now, I think life of poet, publisher & playboy Harry Crosby actually personified the period best' via @thedailybeast > t.ly/seOr #books #literary #writing #literature #humanities
- Almost from the time Wuthering Heights was published, a vocal minority argued that Emily Brontë can't be the true author. Now that theory has been tested @aldaily > t.ly/vGNL @IrishTimesCultr #books #writing #humanities #literature #literary
- A Nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens but its lowest ones ~ Nelson Mandela
- MT @ireneberns Only in your world Hill. Only wealthy donors are 1st class in your book #DemDebate #profitsoverpeople
- 8 boys now out of cave. It'll be rice porridge on the menu till digestive systems recover when they can get what they requested - a Thai basil stir-fry dish called Pad Krapao | via @BBCNews goo.gl/bU8Ebj #thaicaverescue #พาทีมหมูป่ากลับบ้าน #ถ้ำหลวง #Chiangrai #Thailand
- A Nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens but its lowest ones ~ Nelson Mandela
- "What Erwin Schrödinger said about the Upanishads" > science.thewire.in/society/histor… by @VirajZero via @TheWireScience #VOF #ValleyofFlowers #QuantumEntanglement
