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BESW
BESW
12:09 AM
This is super useful for anyone who critiques fiction, even just your writing-group peers. A study in peeling back the layers of a reader’s reaction in search of the underlying causes (and creator choices) beneath. https://twitter.com/filmcrithulk/status/997959695154397185
Tweeted by BenCKinney on May 20, 2018 at 10:40 PM
Artifact of the Day: Parts of the Holy Bible, Selected for the Use of the Negro Slaves (AKA "Slave Bible") 1808. Though called "Holy," it is deeply manipulative. Based on the KJV, it omits all entries that express themes of freedom. #BlackHistoryMonth
Tweeted by museumofBible on February 6, 2018 at 1:09 AM
 
 
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Bookworm
Bookworm
5:45 AM
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Q: How is black being portrayed in "Black, Their Regalia" by Darcie Little Badger?

MithrandirBlack features fairly prominently in "Black, Their Regalia" by Darcie Little Badger - it's in the title, and black is fairly prominent throughout the story. The Apparently Siblings play neoclassical alt-metal fusion and look goth, wearing black a lot. For their saving-the-world dance, they wear b...

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Mithrandir
Mithrandir
@Bookworm there's a quote by the author in Cicada that's relevant, but that'll have to wait a bit
 
Mithrandir
Mithrandir
6:09 AM
That's more than I'd've expected for the StackLiterature account.
 
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Why did Isaac Bashevis Singer win the Nobel Prize for Literature? https://literature.stackexchange.com/questions/6602
Tweeted by StExBot on May 20, 2018 at 10:45 PM
Question by Mithrandir: "How is black being portrayed in “Black, Their Regalia” by @ShiningComic?" https://literature.stackexchange.com/q/6611/58
Tweeted by StackLiterature on May 21, 2018 at 6:02 AM
 
 
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BESW
BESW
12:48 PM
Wildlife we don't have in the UK but that keeps turning up in US written books set in the UK: Skunks Blue jays Vultures Bears Wolves Raccoons Wrong deer Wrong badger Wrong fox Wrong otter Muskrat Any wild dog Any wild cat but wildcats Rabies We have 3 lizards and 3 sneks.
Tweeted by thalestral on May 20, 2018 at 10:49 AM
 
 
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Christophe Strobbe
Christophe Strobbe
3:11 PM
Today is the first day I'm accessing Stack Exchange from my Manjaro Linux PC. I'm ditching Windows, hopefully for good :-)
 
 
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DukeZhou
DukeZhou
8:34 PM
@Randal'Thor I see what you're talking about re: mythology creation, re: Robert Jordan and the Aiel. Also interesting that he repeatedly references TS Eliot referencing Julian of Norwich via "all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well"
@Randal'Thor The descriptions of the culture before the breaking definitely remind me of Gene Wolfe's Red Sun and Long Sun (this is high praise:) Also, Rand as the giant spectral rider at the battle of Toman Head reminds me of one of Gogol's stories.
 
Bookworm
Bookworm
8:55 PM
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Q: Title of poem written by Causley after Macneice's funeral?

WGroleauI was told that Charles Causley wrote a poem on the way home from the funeral of Louis Macneice. The fellow that mentioned it to me couldn't remember the title¹ but he wanted to read it again. ¹Perhaps this would make Causley happy.

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Rand al'Thor
Rand al'Thor
9:11 PM
@Mithrandir What does that even mean?
@BESW Huh. Apparently I haven't read many badly researched US-written UK-set books. This is exactly the kind of thing which I would notice, and which would bug me to hell.
Come to think of it, I don't remember reading many US-written UK-set books. Although maybe there are some authors I just didn't notice were USican.
@DukeZhou I'd probably say culture creation more than mythology creation. Depending on how far you've got, I suppose. Around book 2 the Aiel are just a vaguely known people existing far away with strange customs. We get to know them a lot better later. Ditto with several other WoT cultures.
 
Mithrandir
Mithrandir
@Randal'Thor that's their confusing way of saying that that's how many people had a Tweet of yours show on their screen over the past week
 
BESW
BESW
10:00 PM
This 17th century Latin textbook from the duke's library is charming and terrifying in equal measure. Each to their own, I suppose...
Tweeted by RareBooksOfBod on May 21, 2018 at 2:56 PM in reply to RareBooksOfBod
 

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