Men of Letters http://litcrit.wordpress.com Just another WordPress.com weblog Sat, 23 Feb 2008 07:06:59 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ en hourly 1 http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/a9b1d4906f6560fa524fd28a1d140121?s=96&d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png Men of Letters http://litcrit.wordpress.com New Home! http://litcrit.wordpress.com/2008/02/23/new-home/ http://litcrit.wordpress.com/2008/02/23/new-home/#comments Sat, 23 Feb 2008 07:06:59 +0000 Rudolph Carrera http://litcrit.wordpress.com/2008/02/23/new-home/ ]]>

We’re now here.

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Responding to my friend David’s meme (he of Pious Fabrications, a fine God-Blog), this was the closest book at hand:

Dag Hammerskjöld’s Markings:In Thee, Spirit.

In Stillness.

Thine-for Thy will is my destiny,

Dedicated-for my destiny is to be used and used up according to Thy will.

The game is explained here, courtesy of David:

I got tagged with this meme:

1. Pick up the nearest book (of at least 123 pages).
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people.

Tag: Born Again Redneck, Heaven Tree, Mystery Cookie, NicoleB, Katherine

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Many thanks to Deus Ex Machina for posting this story on the real godfather of the Internet (choke on it, Al Gore!), Jorge Luis Borges.

You may need to subscribe (it’s free) to read this story.

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Zeehat makes a wonderful post on one of the icons of horror.

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From doing a random search on Shelfari, I came across this stunningly interesting book blog run by what seems to be a friendly and helpful poster, judging by some comments made.  It’ll be worth your time to look at it.

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What better way than to inaugurate this blog with good news? Baghdad’s literati have a place to shop after having lost it thanks to Salafist goons and general chaos. If there’s anyone out there who knows how to donate books to these folks, do let us know!

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This site will serve as a place to document interesting literary releases, link to good book reviews and document our taste in letters.

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