The Indians obviously know what's up: God is both the force of creation AND destruction; none of this christian God is only good, infantilizing pussy shit.Rilke was the cosmic cry baby par excellence, and he is good company when you need a reminder of why life is sublime and why death is the measure we must own up to... And why death is not the limit of man's link to the devine...Ligotti is sick. Period. Good hard tonic. It you can stand him you're in good shape.Carver is a great craftsman to learn from, esp for short story writers, whatever you think of his pov and ideasHanna had some fascinating things to point outReznikoff is a neglected master, read that shit and see how much you can stand in a day. Then see if you can do what he did but in our timesKarl Ove is entertaining and instructive. Way too white and Norwegian to be wise or helpful in a wise way, but lots to learn from his fully engaged hypnotic style
Why don't you take a guess.
>>24727308You are a teenager on the verge of self awareness and ironically do not realize how banal it is.
t. moby dickt. northons anthology of poetrytrying to learn new words
>>24727344Might want to start smaller and work your way up to words.
>>24727348no im good thanks
>>24727364So you are Moby Dick and also are Norton's Anthology of Poetry?
>>24727372yea
