On 11/14/07, Elena Tarnarutskaya <etarnarutskaya@...> wrote:
> So I'm a new JB reader. Looked up some archives of the group -used to be so
lively even crowded then.
> Perhaps some of you just stopped admiring the books?
> Or is that the eternal time problem that strangles us all?

I think it's probably neither.  We had a handful of garrulous ones
back in the day that would stir the pot and get things moving, but
they've since either left the list or fallen relatively silent/moved
on to other things.  Quite normal cyclical list behavior as far as
these things go (and/or as far as I can tell).

So has anyone gone out and bought 'Best American Short Stories 2007'
yet, and checked out 'Toga Party'?  I haven't yet, but will most
certainly during the holidays if not before.

Regards,
Mark

 

Congratulations to all group members on this day!

 

Am I on the the right spot to the chat room?

I am living now with Sabbatical and Giles read in the summer, different and each attractive in their own way  (started with Chimera for an academic paper some months ago).

So I'm a new JB reader. Looked up some archives of the group -used to be so lively even crowded then.

Perhaps some of you just stopped admiring the books? 

Or is that the eternal time problem that strangles us all?

Elena

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Yes and it's good there aren't any advertisements instead -like in some other groups.
Mehdy, how is your translation of "D"and the article on margines? (trying to rewake it )

I think it is the eternal time problem, but seriously speaking this dormant stage is not particular to this group and almost all the yahoo groups that I had joined before have become like this.

Elena Tarnarutskaya <etarnarutskaya@yahoo.com> wrote:

 

Congratulations to all group members on this day!

 

Am I on the the right spot to the chat room?

I am living now with Sabbatical and Giles read in the summer, different and each attractive in their own way  (started with Chimera for an academic paper some months ago).

So I'm a new JB reader. Looked up some archives of the group -used to be so lively even crowded then.

Perhaps some of you just stopped admiring the books? 

Or is that the eternal time problem that strangles us all?

Elena

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Yes and it's good there aren't any advertisements instead -like in some other groups.
Mehdy, how is your translation of "D"and the article on margines? (trying to rewake it )

Elena

"M. Sedaghat Payam" <woolf_543@yahoo.com> wrote:

I think it is the eternal time problem, but seriously speaking this dormant stage is not particular to this group and almost all the yahoo groups that I had joined before have become like this.

Elena Tarnarutskaya <etarnarutskaya@yahoo.com> wrote:

 

Congratulations to all group members on this day!

 

Am I on the the right spot to the chat room?

I am living now with Sabbatical and Giles read in the summer, different and each attractive in their own way  (started with Chimera for an academic paper some months ago).

So I'm a new JB reader. Looked up some archives of the group -used to be so lively even crowded then.

Perhaps some of you just stopped admiring the books? 

Or is that the eternal time problem that strangles us all?

Elena

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http://www.themillionsblog.com/2007/12/year-in-reading-edward-champion.html

--- In johnbarth@yahoogroups.com, "Mark Brawner" <mark.brawner@...>
wrote:
>
> http://www.themillionsblog.com/2007/12/year-in-reading-edward-
champion.html
>

Wonder what the author meant by "a Gilbert Sorrentino shoutout"?

On 12/18/07, agrimorfee <agrimorfee@...> wrote:
> --- In johnbarth@yahoogroups.com, "Mark Brawner" <mark.brawner@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > http://www.themillionsblog.com/2007/12/year-in-reading-edward-
> champion.html
> >
>
> Wonder what the author meant by "a Gilbert Sorrentino shoutout"?

"Shutout," actually, though I'm not sure what that means either.  If
he means that Sorrentino, though active till the end, was not reviewed
in his last years (which I'm not sure was the case), I don't see this
happening to Barth.

Subtropics 4 has a new Barth story "Assisted Living," which we're told
is (along with the prior story 'Peeping Tom' from issue #1) from "The
Development: 9 Stories," forthcoming from Houghton Mifflin.

I don't have any info on a release date.

http://www.english.ufl.edu/subtropics/ourauthors.html

In "Ambrose his mark" from Lost in the Funhouse, is it implied that Ambrose's
father is in
a mental hospital?
How comes that in "Water-message" he runs a school or something?
Did I get something wrong?
Thanks

In "Ambrose his mark" from Lost in the Funhouse, is it implied that Ambrose's father is in
a mental hospital?
How comes that in "Water-message" he runs a school or something?
Did I get something wrong?
Thanks

If you read through Ambrose His Mark, pay attention to
the bees.  I've argued in the past, that those bee's
act in a very similar manner to the night sea
journeyers...  and since the bee's belong to grandpa,
grandpa is actually the father of ambrose.  Thats how
i read it anyhow.

cheers, merry new years


--- "M. Sedaghat Payam" <woolf_543@...> wrote:

> I don't recall that in Ambrose His Mark, but he is
> also a school teacher in the title story.
>
> nicola_leporini <nicola_leporini@...> wrote:
>          In "Ambrose his mark" from Lost in the
> Funhouse, is it implied that Ambrose's father is in
> a mental hospital?
> How comes that in "Water-message" he runs a school
> or something?
> Did I get something wrong?
> Thanks
>
>
>
>
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--- In johnbarth@yahoogroups.com, James McKeogh <jhmckeogh@...> wrote:
... and since the bee's belong to grandpa,
> grandpa is actually the father of ambrose.  ...

Later on, this odd theory of eugenics is explored further in Tidewater
Tales.

On 12/31/07, nicola_leporini <nicola_leporini@...> wrote:
> In "Ambrose his mark" from Lost in the Funhouse, is it implied that Ambrose's
father is in
> a mental hospital?
> How comes that in "Water-message" he runs a school or something?
> Did I get something wrong?
> Thanks

Hector, principal of East Dorset School was committed to the Eastern
Shore Asylum after his "mad invasion of the delivery room" and his
"wild assertion, as they carried him off, that the port-wine stain
near [Ambrose's] eye was a devil's mark."  He subsequently released,
apparently, as Water-Message has him back at work. ("I swear to God,
I'm the principal of a zoo!")

On 12/21/07, Mark Brawner <mark.brawner@...> wrote:
> Subtropics 4 has a new Barth story "Assisted Living," which we're told
> is (along with the prior story 'Peeping Tom' from issue #1) from "The
> Development: 9 Stories," forthcoming from Houghton Mifflin.
>
> I don't have any info on a release date.
>
> http://www.english.ufl.edu/subtropics/ourauthors.html

I've heard from the Subtropics/University of Florida that THE
DEVELOPMENT will be published in late fall 08/winter 09.  Also that
Barth will be reading at UF in February.

http://www.english.ufl.edu/events.html

Dosto
Apni nayee rachannye bhej rahaa hoon
aas kartaa hoon pasand ayengi

Are you crazy? Here is not an Indian poetry group.

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Dosto
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aas kartaa hoon pasand ayengi

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hi, I am new on this group.
I need some help from you.
Does anybody have an electronic version of "the floating opera"?
I did not find anything on the internet and maybe some of you have
this book.

Thanks

Hello.

See attached.

Regards,
Mark

On 1/22/08, ileanacapan <ileanacapan@...> wrote:
> hi, I am new on this group.
> I need some help from you.
> Does anybody have an electronic version of "the floating opera"?
> I did not find anything on the internet and maybe some of you have
> this book.
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
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> Yahoo! Groups Links
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On 2/21/08, James McKeogh <jhmckeogh@...> wrote:
>
>
> Hey all, two quick questions.  One, approx how many pages is John Barth's
"Night Sea Journey,"  i don't have my "LitFH" handy.

Eleven pages.

> Also, do you think it would be appropriate to teach this short story to
highschool seniors, in a fairly liberal Prep School?

In my opinion, a resounding Yes!

On 2/21/08, James McKeogh <jhmckeogh@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hey all, two quick questions. One, approx how many pages is John Barth's "Night Sea Journey," i don't have my "LitFH" handy.

Eleven pages.

> Also, do you think it would be appropriate to teach this short story to highschool seniors, in a fairly liberal Prep School?

In my opinion, a resounding Yes!