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I'd go with help--it sure helped me. I have a bachelor's degree in English.
One, it was a place to read a lot of different things. Two, I had to write papers, and writing is always good practice for writers. Three, when I was performing literary ...
Literature courses cannot hurt, but a poor literature teacher can, as others have suggested.
I teach American Lit 1865-present AND Detective Fiction at my college. In the American Lit course, we read Dash Hammett's "The Maltese Falcon" (the week ...
Yep.
One of the best pieces of advice I ever got from a creative writing instructor was: read the classics, but read what's out there now.
Literature courses CANNOT hurt. Reading good new work or even current trash doesn't hurt either.
That makes sense. I never saw a single yextbook used by my daughter's school that was any good.
There is a chance that between the textbooks and the lock-step teaching system in place at American lower schools the kids begin to hate liberal arts.
I agree Ingrid.
I loved the professors and the handful of high school teachers that would meet my challenge, and then turn around and challenge me to push beyond what I thought, believed, had learned thus far. My honors english teacher my senior ...
Thank you, and my compliments. Asking "why?" opens up literature to beginners and experienced readers alike. Asking the professor/teacher "why?" gets you answers, but if you ask the question of the literary novel or play or poem, you gain some ama...
I think Clay implies an excellent point here. The teacher is everythign in such a course. What is read and studied is less important than how the teacher presents it, and leads the discussions.
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- Bangor, ME
- About Me:
- Writer, Lover, All-around swell guy.
- I Am A:
- Writer
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- http://www.noirwriter.blogspot.com
- Books And Authors I Like:
- John Irving; Larry McMurtry; Dennis Lehane; George Pelecanos; Laura Lippman; Jenny Siler; Daniel Woodrell; Frank Miller; Stephen King; Michael Connelly; John Connolly; and many more
- Movies And TV Shows I Like:
- Raiders of the Lost Ark; Butch and Sundance; Miller's Crossing; Maltese Falcon; The African Queen; Empire Strikes Back; The Untouchables; Howard's End; Zoolander; Death to Smoochy; The Daily Show; Heroes; 24; Buffy; X-Files; Simpsons; Arrested Developement; Veronica Mars; The Big Lebowski; etc.
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Wasting time
So, I haven't been snooping around here much. And this is the first post on my page since St. Paddy's Day. But with July turning out to be extremely slow at work, it looks like I'll be nosing around more frequently. Yay!
Posted on July 12, 2007 at 4:25am —
Sunday Interview: Jenny Siler (also posted on Noir Writer blog)
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Comment Wall (28 comments)
- At 8:28am on June 10, 2008,
Libby Cudmore said… - You're a USM graduate too? I'm second semester, just finished working under Alan Davis. Oh yeah, and I'm glad to see you like Arrested Development too.
- At 8:33am on April 7, 2007,
Donna Moore said…
- Hi Steve - thanks for the invite! Nice to virtually meet you.
- At 4:55am on March 24, 2007,
Carol Davis Luce said…
- Hi Steve, how could I resist befriending an All-around Swell Guy. Thanks for the add.
- At 12:18pm on March 19, 2007,
Brian Thornton said…
- Thanks for the ad, Steve. Nice to meet you.
- At 12:17am on March 19, 2007,
Kathryn Lilley said…
- Hi Steve, thanks for the invite! As a kid, I spent a couple of summers in Maine (Lake Damariscotta, don't know if I'm remembering how to spell it right!). It's a wonderful area and people.
- At 3:32am on March 17, 2007,
Steve Allan said…
- Yeah, because in real life I'm much better looking than Chow Yun-Fat.
- At 5:49am on March 16, 2007,
Meriah Crawford said…
- Steve, nice picture. Odd, but I don't remember you looking anywhere *near* that handsome when I saw you last. ;-P
- At 1:07am on March 16, 2007,
bluerosekiller said…
- I came THIS close to making the move to Bangor back in '99. My sig-other at the time Donna & I even had it narrowed down to a choice between three dif apartments. Two near downtown & one really nice one just over in Brewer.
But, fate intervened & our 8 year relationship ended right around the time we ( the two of us & our two kids ) were supposed to be packing up our apartment for the trip. Then, I met my wife Vicki, we had our daughter & I haven't been to Maine since.
I've GOT to get up there soon though & I still long to live up there someday.
- At 10:17pm on March 15, 2007,
- Hey there, I wish I knew more Passamaquoddy than I do. All my dad ever taught me were dirty words. It's kinda like the only Spanish and French that I remember from school. But I'm learning more since I work for an Indian center at the University of Maine.
- At 3:06pm on March 15, 2007,
Newt Love said… - Hau,
I'm Lakhota.
Mitakuye Oasin.
Toksa ake, newt le miye do.
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