Sorry to leech onto this post, but do any of these programs work for PC? Or do you know of similar programs that do?
posted to Ask Metafilter by kensanway at 2:32 PM on May 2, 2007

You can go on Amazon book search and print out the jacket copy from a number of books and present it as one sample.
posted to Ask Metafilter by kensanway at 9:10 AM on April 11, 2007

I think these are all really helpful descriptions, but just wanted to add the obvious qualifier. This is a little obvious, but the problem with these sort of binaries (and there's a famous Umberto Ecco essay listing them) is that they break down when inspecting individual works. The Waste Land, for example, is hardly rational or illustrative of cause and effects relationships. Additionally, it's incredibly multicultural (the buddhist liturgy at the end), self-consciously referential (Eliot... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by kensanway at 3:08 PM on April 6, 2007

I like a lot of the responses here, but I'm surprised at some of the more cynical and antiliterary remarks. I think the key is to understand that your response is normal, but not irrevocable or necessarily indicative of anything about the authors themselves. I think we sometimes think that an author as strange as James has a "natural" audience that instantly gets him, when in fact the opposite is true: it is the very strangeness and unlikeability of these authors that made them... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by kensanway at 10:43 AM on April 4, 2007

Susan Howe! Yes, sorry.
posted to Ask Metafilter by kensanway at 1:43 PM on April 4, 2007

It seems like people are picking either recent late 20th century picks or famous classics. Which are you more into? Would you rather read Tale of Genji or the Master of Go, Dream of the Red Chamber or Soul Mountain?

juv3nal - Pamuk just put out a new english translation of Black Book. I had the previous translation, but it's said to be not as as good. Do you know anything about this?
posted to Ask Metafilter by kensanway at 12:28 PM on April 4, 2007

Tristmegistus!
posted to Ask Metafilter by kensanway at 9:54 AM on April 4, 2007

Jeff Bahr's compilation of journal response times.
posted to Ask Metafilter by kensanway at 3:26 PM on March 16, 2007

I think it's important to look at the form not as a math problem, but as something with an internal force to it, if that makes sense. I think Seamus Heaney has said that any form has an external quality, but it also has a more general internal sense--the muscle of the form. I think you get a sense of this by seeing how the form has been used historically. For example, I think you couldn't really understand sprung rhythm without reading Hopkins. Also, have you read Ted Berrigan's Sonnets?
posted to Ask Metafilter by kensanway at 10:05 AM on February 16, 2007

This is not legal advice: you may have grounds on false imprisonment.
posted to Ask Metafilter by kensanway at 9:57 AM on February 16, 2007

It's worth noting that none of the offended posters have discussed why they would want to attend the event in question. Whether or not anti-CARA group is morally "right" or not, their entire position starts from abstraction--an imaginary grievance over one's theoretically limited freedom, rather than an actual real world loss of freedom. (This is especially true given the additional posts regarding CARA's membership and inclusiveness.) Additionally, the distinction between the pro and... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by kensanway at 10:30 PM on December 13, 2006

I was going to suggest a lot of these--Lear, Eliot's cat book, prelutsky, shel silverstein--but how about Kenneth Koch's poetry generally or his books about poetry-writing for children, such as Rose Where Did You Get Your Red? There are probably other more contemporary poets that might work, like Richard Brautigan or Russell Edson.
posted to Ask Metafilter by kensanway at 2:28 PM on December 12, 2006

which editions have the best annotations?
posted to Ask Metafilter by kensanway at 11:01 PM on December 5, 2006

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posted to Ask Metafilter by kensanway at 12:39 PM on November 22, 2006

Yeah, I think you need to add more detail to this question as there are a number of different kinds of writing.

1. Join CRWROPPS.

2. If you want, check out Poets & Writers. Their website has lists of upcoming projects.

3. There's also Winning Writers, but they require you to pay.

4. For general submission resources, see Jeffrey Bahr.


Entering contests... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by kensanway at 11:45 AM on November 22, 2006

Get the new She-Hulk by Dan Slott. It's less metafictional than the Byrne version but way more clever, tender, and classy. My girlfriend loves it and She-Hulk looks like Priscilla Presley.

The old Wonder Woman comics are an incredible mix of Murakami-style surrealism and romance comics. Someone should post a picture of Egg-Fu.

If she likes Buffy, get her Whedon's Astonishing X-Men hardcover, which is very Buffy-like.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by kensanway at 2:05 PM on November 15, 2006

This is a pretty easy question and there have probably been Metafilter threads on this before. You're looking for a mainstream alternative style, typically practiced by British expat writers of Moore and Ellis's generation.

For Moore, Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and From Hell are the obvious selections. If you've read those, then hit up AMERICA'S BEST COMICS (ABC). Get all the TOP TEN volumes that he wrote (probably the best superhero comic of the last 10 years or so) and... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by kensanway at 4:00 PM on November 12, 2006

Also, you'd probably like ROBERT KIRKMAN. There was a Marvel series where every character was written as a zombie--check that out
posted to Ask Metafilter by kensanway at 4:02 PM on November 12, 2006

I think the issue isn't as simple as the superiority of the early adopter, but about context. Usually if something is yours alone, you have a private relationship with it and the context is very unique to, say, a given subculture. But when things become mainstream, the object itself changes--it may not become worse, but it becomes different in character, so by stating that you liked it before it was famous, you aren't necessarily claiming first dibs, but a relationship with an entirely different... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by kensanway at 11:19 AM on November 11, 2006

Are the regular Chinese metal cans good enough to keep air tight?

I went to the Longjing factory in Huangzhou and they said that refrigerating tea extends the life slightly.
posted to Ask Metafilter by kensanway at 3:18 PM on October 9, 2006

This is all great advice! Thanks. I'll definitely put it to use.
posted to Ask Metafilter by kensanway at 9:19 AM on July 21, 2006

Stanford encyclopedia of philosophy
posted to Ask Metafilter by kensanway at 7:03 AM on July 19, 2006

The Pevear and Volokhonsky edition has been pretty universally acclaimed. There was an incredibly long NYer article a few months ago about it and the history of Russian literature in English. The take is that PV are the first to combine Russian and English skills and they were willing to preserve the brusque sloppy reality of Tolstoy's prose.

Constance Garnett is a fairly awful writer.

For more unhelpfulness.
posted to Ask Metafilter by kensanway at 10:19 PM on July 18, 2006

For more unhelpfulness
posted to Ask Metafilter by kensanway at 10:19 PM on July 18, 2006

You'd really like Edward Lear, who reads like the Jabberwocky poem in Alice but who Eliot compared to Mallarme! Selected randomly:

There was an Old Man with a beard,
Who said, 'It is just as I feared!
Two Owls and a Hen,
Four Larks and a Wren,
Have all built their nests in my beard!'


There was an Old Person from Gretna,
Who rushed down the crater of Etna;
When... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by kensanway at 10:23 AM on July 13, 2006

I'd meant to mention Flarf but someone beat me to it.

Nevertheless:

Jacket mag flarf issue

Jordan Davis on Flarf

Flarf: Escalation of Arguments, the Poetry Blog-o-sphere

Flarf festival

For more info, check out the Lucipo list.

There's a village voice article called something like "Ghost Face Killah or Avant-garde... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by kensanway at 12:19 PM on July 12, 2006

Can someone talk about the technical background behind why Spam emails sound that way?
posted to Ask Metafilter by kensanway at 12:20 PM on July 12, 2006

Sorry--meant to post this earlier.

Best independent bookstores 2005
Best independent bookstores 2006

From Chekhov's mistress
posted to Ask Metafilter by kensanway at 8:03 AM on June 22, 2006

Thanks for the comments so far!

We're in the US, btw.

Anyways, in case it helps: we need archival footage of alex chiu -- nowhere to be found on internet. we had a documentary project that needed it, but now, we doubly need it to check if the person going to the media now as alex chiu is an imposter. it'd be great if we could get permission from comedy central but right now it's important to check whether alex chiu is really alex chiu.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by kensanway at 12:46 PM on June 12, 2006

Does anyone know what the deal is with Dreamhost? I signed up for a 2 yr subscription about half a year ago, so I'm not terribly happy about it lately. They seem to be down right now.
posted to Ask Metafilter by kensanway at 3:50 PM on June 3, 2006

The story stickycarpet tells is actually more interesting--the King had masqueraded himself as a commoner in the marketplace outside the palace walls and someone ended up in a situation where he poured tea for his minister--an uncalled for reversal of Confucian hierarchy. The clever minister, not sure how to reciprocate, used his fingers to bow, but--like many characters in classical chinese short narratives--the restaurant staff was omnisciently sensitive to subtle gestures. The moment they saw... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by kensanway at 4:01 PM on May 24, 2006

I think what you want is to regularly check some DVD sites that specialize in this. I had a few bookmarked, but my computer's in the shop. Check out Masters of Cinema and also Jonathan Rosenbaum has a foreign DVD column.
posted to Ask Metafilter by kensanway at 3:09 PM on May 24, 2006

Also, my version of Windows XP is legit.
posted to Ask Metafilter by kensanway at 8:10 AM on May 17, 2006

Maybe you could give some example situations?
posted to Ask Metafilter by kensanway at 1:52 PM on May 9, 2006

I think the point isn't to quit the internet entirely but to restrict its use to specific goals. I wish I treated the Internet as a tool, but instead, I treat it as a text-based, information-heavy television. I'd like to use it just for email and answers to specific questions--and I acknowledge that I learn a lot from my idle browsing--but my attempts to be more in control haven't been very successful. The best thing I've done is to just hide my wireless card at home. However, I still waste a... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by kensanway at 1:52 PM on May 9, 2006

DIY film equipment

My question is: if you live in NY and work fulltime, how do you find a DP, actors, etc.?
posted to Ask Metafilter by kensanway at 3:10 PM on April 26, 2006

(1) Buy a STREETWISE NEW YORK map and a STREETWISE BROOKLYN map if they have them at your local bookstore. Look at the lines that are near your work and get an idea of where you want to live. Look at straphangers to learn more about the efficacy of different subway lines. See also Hopstop and Googlehacked map.

(2) I feel like everyone I know who's under 30 lives in downtown brooklyn (Park Slope, Carrol Gardens, Red Hook, etc.). In addition to looking there and in... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by kensanway at 3:07 PM on April 26, 2006

Hey everyone--thanks for the suggestions. I'd heard of a lot of these things before, but it's nice to have the links again. Also, I ordered the Frank book, thanks!

I guess to be more specific:

Can you guys think of any recent theoretical work on this? How does authenticity/irony differ from concerns about alienation that typified modernism?

Also, what about sociological/anthropological work? Should I read Bowling Alone?... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by kensanway at 1:14 PM on April 10, 2006

Also: this Barthelme story is great!

Youarenotthere, I've only seen one episode of Stella, but it looked exciting. I wish I knew more about all these post-Kids in the hall shows. That article you link to is cool: I like how it historicizes nostalgia. I found the same link when I bought Irony's Edge.

Larva, what's home movies about?
posted to Ask Metafilter by kensanway at 8:21 PM on April 10, 2006

I think you want to look into Paula Scherr and the Russian constructivists.
posted to Ask Metafilter by kensanway at 1:55 PM on March 31, 2006

Paula Scher

russians

Obviously there are a lot more examples, since you're basically asking for design that looks cool, but the links above seem close to your mosaic, in terms of dense modular treatment of type.
posted to Ask Metafilter by kensanway at 1:57 PM on March 31, 2006 marked best answer

Okay, none of these have worked so far. Any more thoughts?
posted to Ask Metafilter by kensanway at 3:26 PM on March 30, 2006

Ditto on the whole "hard to buy for a film hipster" point. Otherwise this thread just becomes a "recommend movies you like" thread.

I think the film paraphernalia idea is a good place to go. Other places for gift certificates would be Criterion DVDs or YesAsia (a site to order unavailable asian dvds). Or take a look at books or products recommended at Self-Reliant Filmmaking. BTW, Film Comment isn't a terribly great magazine (I'm a subscriber). Try... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by kensanway at 7:20 PM on March 27, 2006

Yeah, I just want to reemphasize this. People, seriously: Raise the Red Lantern? Seven Samurai?? Do you honestly think a "huge film nut" doesn't own these movies (and pretty much anything else you can think of) if he likes them? Get creative; we've had a million "movies I love" threads, and this is not one of them.

Not to second someone agreeing with me agreeing with them, but yeah, totally! This is just a step away from buying... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by kensanway at 7:59 AM on March 28, 2006

I agree in theory, but I'm a film geek. But since SHE's not a dedicated film hipster, I think this attempt would fall flat. Unless she'd previously rented the chosen movie and liked it, it's a little weird to give someone a gift of a movie you've never seen and know nothing about. Certainly not the way to smooth over those awkward "first birthday present of a new relationship" issues.

Yeah, I agree totally actually, which is why I said she... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by kensanway at 8:13 AM on March 28, 2006

check this out
posted to Ask Metafilter by kensanway at 1:04 PM on March 26, 2006

Slightly off topic: This isn't super scholarly, but it's on my link bar and has a section-by-section annotation for Philosophical Investigations.
posted to Ask Metafilter by kensanway at 2:44 PM on March 24, 2006

Gandhi!
posted to Ask Metafilter by kensanway at 10:10 AM on March 17, 2006

Ditto on Miss Snark.
posted to Ask Metafilter by kensanway at 3:03 PM on March 14, 2006

Yeah, maybe it would help if you told us more about the overall topic of your dissertation? You're getting a variety of responses here (i.e., trade books and academic anthologies), partly due to the nature of film as a popular medium.
posted to Ask Metafilter by kensanway at 8:36 AM on March 14, 2006