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Here are some letters to her:
https://www.amazon.com/Letters-Wendys-Joe-Wenderoth/dp/0970367201
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Seriously, the book is like talking to a completely insane person but less repetitive.
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Have you read John Lithgow’s hilarious trilogy of poems about the MAGA idiots?
The man can write almost as well as he acts.
EDIT: I mean Lithgow can write/act. Not the 🦧
Recommended reading for an aspiring VP. An accurate portrayal of speculation and grandiosity. Also, the post is meant to be satire man. Lighten up.
Thomas Ligotti or Ramsey Campbell, any of their short story collections. There's also my personal favorite : Clark Ashton Smith, though he's more "dark fantasy with horrific overtones" . For Smith, I recommend The Dark Eidolon and Other Fantasies (Penguin, and with an introduction by S T Joshi!)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0143107380/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
This has his best of the best stories.
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List price $23, sells for about $9 elsewhere now. Lowest per ccc, some might be into it. Anyway, good deal and good reviews.
Edit: Not posting this to make some political statement. Just seeing a deal and posting it considering the price and reviews.](https://www.amazon.com/trumpty-dumpty-wanted-crown-despotic/dp/1797209469/?tag=redrep-20)
[Mobile app launched] Get early access to deals and app-only discounts. Link in sidebar and sticky post
Deal link: Amazon
List price $23, sells for about $9 elsewhere now. Lowest per ccc, some might be into it. Anyway, good deal and good reviews.
Edit: Not posting this to make some political statement. Just seeing a deal and posting it considering the price and reviews.](https://www.amazon.com/trumpty-dumpty-wanted-crown-despotic/dp/1797209469/?tag=redrep-20)
I just need to put in a quick plug for The Sneeches and Other Stores by Dr. Seuss, it is totally his best work. The Zax is part of that collection. It doesn't speak to veganism or anything, but the messaging is awesome nonetheless.
This text should be helpful for understanding the situation.
Omg!!!!!!! It’s banned!!!!!!! Get tucker Carlson on it now!!!!!!! Wait..... there it is
Once again spitting lies. Took me 2 seconds to find the book on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/If-Ran-Zoo-Classic-Seuss/dp/0394800818/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=if+i+ran+the+zoo+dr.+seuss&qid=1616946978&sprefix=if+i+ran+the+zoo&sr=8-1
Try Clark ashton smith he writes like that and he was also a pen pal of hp lovecraft heres one of his collections
That quote is John Lithgow, who so happens to have a new book out called Trumpty Dumpty Wanted A Crown which seems relevant.
>The Starfish Story
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>adapted from The Star Thrower by Loren Eiseley (1907 - 1977)
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>Once upon a time, there was a wise man who used to go to the ocean to do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach before he began his work.
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>One day, as he was walking along the shore, he looked down the beach and saw a human figure moving like a dancer. He smiled to himself at the thought of someone who would dance to the day, and so, he walked faster to catch up.
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>As he got closer, he noticed that the figure was that of a young man, and that what he was doing was not dancing at all. The young man was reaching down to the shore, picking up small objects, and throwing them into the ocean.
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>He came closer still and called out "Good morning! May I ask what it is that you are doing?"
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>The young man paused, looked up, and replied "Throwing starfish into the ocean."
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>"I must ask, then, why are you throwing starfish into the ocean?" asked the somewhat startled wise man.
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>To this, the young man replied, "The sun is up and the tide is going out. If I don't throw them in, they'll die."
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>Upon hearing this, the wise man commented, "But, young man, do you not realize that there are miles and miles of beach and there are starfish all along every mile? You can't possibly make a difference!"
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>At this, the young man bent down, picked up yet another starfish, and threw it into the ocean. As it met the water, he said, "It made a difference for that one."
So the next time you see a stray animal on the street, do what Esther would have done ... make a difference.
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Have you read "A Little Book on the Human Shadow"?
https://www.amazon.com/Little-Book-Human-Shadow/dp/0062548476
My friend was always recommending it so I finally read it (it's only 81 pages) and now I regularly recommend it to others.
There is quite a big market for it actually.
Have you seen this?
It's sold over 1,000,000 copies....
My advice is not to try to control it or hate yourself for it. We all have a "shadow" - the part(s) of us we can't or don't look it often. How we handle the shadow is critical. I recommend this book by Robert Bly. Don't try to suppress or shut down your shadow - that will only end badly for you and everyone you care about.
A Little Book on the Human Shadow is a great introduction to the idea.
He's actually featured in The Spoken Word Revolution. But yes, he's at a level we all aspire to get to.
I can see your Gatsby story and I can raise you. In my senior year I was a teacher's aide for the Junior AP English teacher. I had free periods and he was an awesome teacher (sorta the 30-ish English teacher hippie stereotype). The teacher was into the slam poetry movement and was working on a book about slam poetry at the time, so he asked me to dissect Gatsby for him (since I loved the book). I went though the book and more or less designed his rubric for how he was covering the book in class for his students.
You know when they say the best way to remember something is to teach it to someone? It's true, because Gatsby is like ingrained into my head now. I keep trying to move to West Egg.
In case anyone wanted to know which slam poetry book, it was this book.
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