/lit/ - Literature and Writing

it feels like weeks ago that based tbc said issue 2 was practically done already

The covfefe cup
Is my plight and I just might
BTFO dup

The Kingdom of God
by Francis Thompson

O WORLD invisible, we view thee,
O world intangible, we touch thee,
O world unknowable, we know thee,
Inapprehensible, we clutch thee!

Does the fish soar to find the ocean,
The eagle plunge to find the air-
That we ask of the stars in motion
If they have rumour of thee there?

Not where the wheeling systems darken,
And our benumbed conceiving soars!-
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poetry is for fags lol

It little profits that an idle king,
By this still hearth, among these barren crags,
Match'd with an aged wife, I mete and dole
Unequal laws unto a savage race,
That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me.
I cannot rest from travel: I will drink
Life to the lees: All times I have enjoy'd
Greatly, have suffer'd greatly, both with those
That loved me, and alone, on shore, and when
Thro' scudding drifts the rainy Hyades
Vext the dim sea: I am become a name;
For always roaming with a hungry heart
Much have I seen and known; cities of men
And manners, climates, councils, governments,
Myself not least, but honour'd of them all;
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>>107
>dup

Pic related

>>22
Wasn't Cassius a Muslim? Did this predate his conversion to Muhammad Ali?

I've always been partial to shorter pithier poetry as opposed to long epics. I always liked "Annabel Lee";


Annabel Lee

It was many and many a year ago,

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Its a lot of sticky, I think getting rid of book club sticky, issue 1 sticky, the board greeting sticky could clean it up a bit, if it looks bad they can be restickied. The board posting in itself is stagnant but theres not a lot that can be done without a decent influx of users. Someone makes an effortpost, it get minor traction, then people degrade it and it catalogues with minimal post count. Cross board contamination is an idea but they are also dead. As it stands and this is my personal opinion, I like having it for what it is, book club, random posts, the paragraph novel, and the feuilleton. Everything else should be /tv/ because it's dying.

I think it's slow enough make one sticky if assholes reading looking for someone to talk about it with. It's always up and it gives singular little bit of help.

>>1335
>>1327

ty guiez 4 ur respawnsis, dey've been handily considurred 4 the plan goean ahead.

trial period'll b dis - the sticky'sll b the board greetan, /lit/ writes a novel + the book club, w/ feuilleton premieres stickied 4 the 1st week n mayb un-stickyean the book club thread eef durrs moar pressin stickies OAR eets active enuff dat its usually fine 2 sift aot awn the rezt ov duh board prawpur.

eye'll leave dis 1 auwp 4 lyk anuddur week oar soe 2 eef ne1 else has a saie/recommendations %^x

>>1337

very l33t poast # startauwp, anon-dono - dis sheyutt gits duh a-okay frum mie >%^>

wud def b daon 2 link eet ean the thread oar bundle eet w/ a future separate collectid release eef u did diz

>>1339
This man

>>1339
Ok. Bearing in mind I have to figure out how to do that first though.

>>1315
nobody cares

>>1344
I do.

In the grand scheme of things, has an engineer ever made that much?
Moreover, George Lincoln Rockwell said that great artists have great endeavours outside of their art because they can visualize otherwise. So if all three have artistic merit all three have the power to lead the fourth Reich ok?

None of this makes any sense.

Until very recently in history, most people had to share beds on ships and at hotels unless they were rich enough to afford their own private room. It wasn't seen as sexual back then unless it was just one man and one woman sharing a bed. Especially in the 19th century when even sitting in your bro's lap or holding his hand wasn't seen as gay. It was a better time.

>>1199
So you're saying the nigger wasn't given a pile of hay in storage locker or somewhere

>>1203
No. If you put a nigger on a pile of hay he might start eating it.

>>1187
He never relaxes though. He spends an entire chapter describing his fear of the nigger. I got bored about halfway through the book, and I was reading it on the clock at work. I wouldn't suggest this garbage, there is much better literature available like Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

Flip the page, booklet.

>>936
Well reading something that's edifying and well reasoned can give you a different frame for thinking about things or a clearer picture of the truth, and improve your character. It won't raise your IQ, but it will seem like your IQ was higher since you'll make better decisions and have a better grasp of reality because of the model you've inherited from the author.

On the other hand, credulously consuming garbage that's terribly reasoned, corrupting, or purposefully crafted to be deceptive sophistry can make you functionally retarded and a huge fucking faggot. This is most things they read in college english, history, psychology, sociology, and poli-sci courses. Your IQ won't really be lower, but you'll be useless just like if it was because you're operating using a faulty model of reality.

So basically if you're of average intelligence and don't trust your own ability to sort trash from things of value, either don't read philosophy/nonfiction/mainstream fiction, or at least limit yourself to Christian apologism, theology or things written before the 1850's, and I'm 100% serious. If you're not equipped to defend yourself modern literature is a minefield of poisonous anti-knowledge. Basically 100% of female non-stem graduates would have much better lives if they never read anything post highschool, probably stopping even before then. Even if you think you can handle it, consuming too much trash and books of low morals is still damaging in and of itself, be careful!

Reading disconnects you from your surroundings and makes you a midwit.

>>954
This is the kind of hazard I was talking about. The world is full of the kind of overeducated dope who values the vague propaganda concepts of "freedom" and "equality" more than human life and flourishing, even their own. It's how you can live in a dystopian city with declining living standards year over year, be cognizant of "bad neighborhoods" of a certain demographic, go to your holding pen of corporate underemployement where you are constantly assailed with propaganda pandering to said demographic, and then conclude "white supremacy" and "fascism" are to blame. It's a total prioritization of the internalized theoretical framework above the obvious reality.

Of course awful literature isn't the only culprit, but is a major one.

>>936
It has increased my vocabulary, and increased my foresight for future actions - granted both were never that great to begin with.

>>956
Is there anyway to identify and avoid said propaganda? Mainstream media, and magazines are obvious sources for it, but I do believe there are other, better designed ways of getting propaganda across. Is a work written by one who genuinely believes in those concepts, necessarily propaganda, or do they need to discuss said concepts or feature them as a theme in some way?

>>1132
The obvious thing would be to significantly limit your exposure to media. Instead of watching TV, go for a walk, look at some trees. Trees can't lie to you. People's understanding of the world is supposed to come from the world, not from some intellectual abstraction of the world.
And I fully realise the irony of me saying this on a website dedicated to television.

I don't care, both are mongrels.

>>1001
Whiter than you, mutt.

>>997
>this dumb faggot thinks Pushkin was a real flesh and blood person

lol

>>940
The Internet Archive (archive.org) for those Public Domain classics, and any old torrent site if you sail the high seas.

Overdrive
Libby

LibriVox

Youtube with a videodownloader extensiom

>>587
>8coom
fuck off Ron

>>602
nope.

>>330
I hope your life has been going well since writing this, anon. Since posting what you responded to, I have recently married, finished school, and are now comfortably seated in a career in which I have been able to help repair the years of poverty my family has been relegated to. I am woefully obliged to inform you that I did not read this response in a particularly timely manner, as I have now gotten around to writing this thoughtful and carefully written post. I did not return to 4chan, as I have been too beset by the toils of everyday life. I hope your time has been well spent and you too, have reached goals you had thought impossible, and that you too, have found love in your life. I wonder if I heeded your advice when it was posted- I would be dead, not needing me to respond to this post. I wanted to post in order to disabuse you of the thought, now having it been near half a year now, that I took your advice.

>>910
Post your ring faggot

>>918
I take back the faggot statement that was rude.