Southern US literature certainly does have its own flavor, and I can feel myself slowing down in pace and allowing the more base emotions when I read it. Very earthy.
On Mar 8, 8:30 am, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > Might be worth it to lose a war if you can create the music, > literature and cuisine in its aftermath- which the South did. > > On Mar 5, 11:28 am, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 11:20 AM, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On 5 Mar, 16:01, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Illiteracy appears to be on the decline: > > > >>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literacy > > > >> Sometimes a visual is interesting too. > > > >>http://www.mapsofworld.com/thematic-maps/world-illiteracy-map.htm > > > >> Of course, the USA has its issues. > > > >>http://www.caliteracy.org/rates/ > > > > That reminds me of a time when my father had mentioned to a work > > > colleague from Alabama that "the South has the highest illiteracy rate > > > in the country." And the guy responded by holding out his hand (as if > > > to shake my father's hand) and saying, "Put 'er there!" Implying that > > > he didn't understand that it was NOT a compliment, thus proving the > > > point. My father had to really restrain himself from bursting out > > > laughing at the poor bloke. > > > Sounds to me like Southern humor. I might just respond in kind after > > a random insult to The Land Of My Birth. Especially if it came from > > some Damn Yankee or even worse, a hoity toity Englishman. We don't > > mind insults but it goes down better when delivered with a smile. > > Even if it's true. > > > dj > > > >> Other > > >> sources:https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/21... > > > >> And, it is obvious that definitions affect all such reporting. > > > >> On Mar 5, 5:37 am, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > On 4 Mar, 02:02, Molly <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > > "If the novel goes the way of live theater – a medium appealing to > > >> > > only a small, relatively rarefied segment of the population – what, > > >> > > if > > >> > > anything, will be lost? What can a novel do for us that other art > > >> > > forms can’t?” > > > >> > >http://siobhancurious.wordpress.com/2010/03/02/encountering-the-other... > > > >> > > What do you think? > > > >> > I don't think it's likely to go away. In fact, the newer concepts of > > >> > e-books are more likely to fade away than pen-on-paper due to the > > >> > potential for electronic sabotage. Whilst Great Libraries (like > > >> > Alexandria) may burn and destroy many instances of great works, the > > >> > concept of writing won't fade unless the entire species is wiped out, > > >> > as even most illiterates know about writing and, given a crises, may > > >> > re-develop it, as illiteratacy doesn't, of necessity, imply > > >> > uneducability or lack of intelligence. Heck, we still have The Epic > > >> > of Gilgamesh (an example of a very old 'novel') written in cuneiform > > >> > on clay tablets, and that's lasted for thousands of years. > > > >> > Even human extinction may not wipe out literature from the Earth, as > > >> > it may pave the way for other species to evolve and create their own. > > >> > It would be interesting to hear the tales written by intellectual > > >> > insects: The Story of the Lazy Bee; The Emperor Moth's Post-Pupate > > >> > Clothes; 50 Ways to Kill You Lover by B. Widow and P. Mantis. The > > >> > list goes on...- Hide quoted text - > > > >> - Show quoted text - > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > ""Minds Eye"" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]. > > > For more options, visit this group > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.-Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.
