Ogden N ash :) here's his poem "Oh to Be Odd!", which I love. Hypochondriacs Spend the winter at the bottom of Florida and the summer on top of the Adirondriacs. You go to Paris and live on champagne wine and cognac If you're dipsomognac. If you're a manic-depressive You don't go anywhere ...

I felt like "A Farewell to Arms" was a great caricature of men, really. I still make fun of Rinaldi with friends because of his ridiculous nature and compulsive habit of saying "baby" way too much. It's interesting to see the contrast between "A Farewell to Arms" and &q...

I'm just joining mid-way through (eep!) I'll go back to A and all that jazz as soon as I finish this homework. for now: M. that's the letter of the day, right? Maya Angelou and her poem "Men". When I was young, I used to Watch behind the curtains As men walked up and down the street. Wino ...

I joined booktalk because I'm an intense bibliophile and felt that my voracity for reading (I really do consume books) was rarely shared around me. Plus it's always nice to find a different read and hear others' suggestions/interpretations of literature. I'm a youngin'--18--and live near San Francis...