Medlemostrom

1,025 Books 154 Reviews

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Nøgleord: poetry (181), Detective fiction (107), African American literature (60), British fiction (58), American fiction (53), Signed by author (38), Literary criticism (34), Teaching (32), Christianity (32), Philosophy (28), Short fiction (20), French literature (19), Collectible (19), Swedish literature (18), Nonfiction (17), Books by me (16), Languages (16), Cooking (13), Langston Hughes (13), Russian literature (13), Cinema (12), British literature (11), American history (11), Politics (10), Karl Shapiro (8), Italian literature (7), German literature (7), Islam (6), Music and musicians (5), Biography (5), Wendy Bishop (5), Buddhism (5), Latin American literature (5), first edition (5), Science (4), Rhetoric (4), Detective fiction Swedish literature (4), Feminism (4), Irish literature (4), Holocaust (4), Drama (4), Economics (4), Miscellaneous (3), Spanish literature (3), Psychology (3), African American literature nonfiction (3), Asian American literature (3), Literary magazines (3), Card games (3), Sierra Nevada (3), Middle East (2), Shakespeare (2), Gardening (2), Science fiction (2), signed (2), African American literature Nonfiction (2), Erotica (2), Japanese literature (2), Egyptian literature (2), Chinese literature (2), African American literature Nonfction (2), History (2), Poetry (2), Hungarian literature (1), Wendy Bishop Hans Ostrom (1), Book collecting (1), Environmentalism (1), Automobiles (1), Wendy Bishop Teaching (1), Detective Fiction Swedish literature (1), True crime (1), Hindu religion (1), Gay and Lesbian history (1), Non-profit (1), Working Class (1), American history Middle East (1), Christianity/Buddhism (1), Graphic novels (1), Art (1), Folklore (1), Etiquette (1), Elvis (1), Carpentry (1), Entomology (1), African literature (1), Swiss literature (1), Natural history (1), Social Sciences (1), Leigh Hunt (1), Poe (1), Greek history (1), Cartoons (1), WWI (1), Rome (1), American literature (1), Biograohy (1), cartoons (1), German history (1), Health (1), Environment (1), World history (1), Children's literature (1), Cats (1), Birds (1), Indian literature (1), Autobiography (1), Icelandic literature (1), Travel (1), Politeness (1), Vikings (1), Rom (1), mythology (1), Venice (1), detective fiction Swedish literature (1)
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Grupper: 18th Century British Literature, Baker Street and Beyond, BBC Radio 3 Listeners, BBC Radio 4 Listeners, Bloggers, Crime, Thriller & Mystery, Early Reviewers, EmilyDickinson, Favorite Bookstores, Felony & Mayhem Press, Hardboiled / Noir Crime Fiction, Harlem Renaissance, Karl Shapiro and Company, Langston Hughes, Librarians who LibraryThing, List Five Books Parlour Game, Maigret Fans, Pacific Northwest, Readers Who Write, Reading Globally, Robinson Jeffers, Scandinavian detectives and thrillers, Swedish Thing, The Black Orchid (A Nero Wolfe Group), Underappreciated Books and Authors, university of puget sound, Working Class, Writer-readers
Kommet til: Nov 19, 2007

About My Library: It's an eclectic assembly of books, authors, and topics, even as tags and clouds show preferences, obsessions, and distractions. Poetry comes first, but beyond that, I like books: detective fiction, African American literature, canonical fiction, obscure fiction, essays, languages, philosophy, theology, Swedish literature, religions, gardening, et alia. I'm an English professor, scholar, fiction-writer, and poet, so these vocations inform my library. Quirky books on arcane subjects are most welcome, as are arcane books on quirky subjects. I'm drawn to old paperbacks of almost any kind--the pulpier, the better. Can Library Thing bring order to the vortex of books that has accompanied my life? That is the question. As Al Davis (an English major) of the Oakland Raiders is alleged to have said once, "Just read, baby." Most of my books were recently paroled from storage; slowly they're finding their way to the LT catalogue.

My ratings of books are high for two main reasons: I tend not to hang on to books that I dislike intensely, and I know how hard it is to write a book--any book. If I give a book three stars, then I probably won't be in a hurry to read it again. Four stars mean the book is at least very good; sometimes they mean that I recognize the book is great but that it may simply not be the kind of book I treasure. For example, Alexander Pope was a great poet, a superb verse-technician, but I truly enjoy very little of his work. Five stars mean I think the book is excellent, and I usually have great affection (if for varying reasons) for most (but not all) of the five-star books.

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I write poetry, novels, screenplays, and a blog.
Sted: Pacific Northwest
Hjemmeside: http://www2.ups.edu/faculty/ostrom/
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