The personal blog of author Kelly Sedinger, chronicling the adventures of one overalls-clad wanderer.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
A Farewell to Sylvia
Well, voting has closed on my inaugural "Make Me Read!" poll, and it wasn't even close. Sylvia Plath got stomped. I guess there are no fans of hers among my readers? Or maybe people just think that Hemingway is better. Who knows -- but The Bell Jar got a single lone vote, while A Farewell to Arms got fourteen. So, Hemingway it is. Bring him on! And thanks for voting. The next poll will appear when I finish Arms, and thus begin GGK's Tigana.
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4 comments:
I'm the only one to vote for The Bell Jar, huh? Well, as I said, it's not an easy read. I find Plath to be much more satisfying than Hemingway's simplicity, but others obviously don't.
Enjoy the book!
The Bell Jar is one of those books that You read to do a Book Report on that will WOW your High School Teacher
DavidS
I thought I was the one who voted for The Bell Jar. Maybe your poll isn't working too well. But I wasn't voting honestly. I was thinking more of subjecting you to punishment. 'Cause I'm a dick like that.
Read Sylvia Plath's powerful poem on suicide:
http://textflows.com/Plath_Lady_Lazarus
Composed 4 months before her death.
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