Phedre Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 Hey all, I'm doing two reading lists this summer (French canon classics, for you comparatists out there) and LGBTQ classics. I was thinking this could be a thread where people could share their reading lists and their thoughts on summer getting into "literary shape"-- how much are you reading, what types of books, any theory? etc. I'm trying to go for at least two books per week, and then 3 articles for "fun research" (think JSTOR safari). Any thoughts? If anyone would like to do my reading list game plan WITH me, that would be great too! PM me and I'll get an email group started. I was thinking of having people write short responses/questions per book per week to the list, maybe posting them on google docs or emailing to the group. Are there any more tech savvy people who can think of better ways to facilitate online reading groups? Talk soon! J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wantaphd Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 Great idea! I'm also trying to do a literary boot camp. I've not been that sucessful though; I keep getting distracted by the nice weather! I'm doing a little theory, and trying to catch up on LGBTQ classics as well. I would love to do your list with you; I need some motivation. At the rate I'm going I won't finish anything! I'll pm you my email address. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfed2020 Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 What queer classics are you both planning to read this summer? I have a stack of about 40 books next to my bed for 'summer reading,' haha. Won't happen. Most of them are books that I simply really wanted to read before grad school took over my life -- 'Housekeeping' by Marilynne Robinson, 'Invisible Man' by Ralph Ellison, things like that. (I'm a contemporary Americanist.) I can say that it was a mistake to read Cormac McCarthy's 'The Road' so early in the summer. That book has put me into an irrecoverable shock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasper.milvain Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 I'm in the book or two a week camp, as well. I have about 30 books to go through that are actually in my dresser because I ran out of bookshelf space. I'm reading a mix of Victorian canon and late 19th-early 20th C adventure/romance fiction. Sounds like I'm out of step with the rest of you. Good luck, all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phedre Posted June 15, 2009 Author Share Posted June 15, 2009 Kfed-- totally! I was so engrossed in The Road that I actually read it driving (gasp!) UCLA actually has pretty great reading lists, for any genre/field. http://www.english.ucla.edu/academics/g ... _lists.asp I am still firming up the list, so any suggestions would be most helpful. Basically, this is the list of books that I ought to have read, but didn't :0 The Price of Salt-- Patricia Highsmith Well of Loneliness--Radclyffe Hall Giovanni's Room--James Baldwin Orlando--Virginia Woolf At Swim: Two Boys-- Jamie O'Neill Nightwood -- Djuna Barnes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfed2020 Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 The road is killer, yes. It's fun to compare lists. I've actually started compiling a 'queer fiction/poetry' list because I think I'll want to do an independent course on it. So some of the stuff below is from my own summer reading list, some I've read, and some I know of and recognize as important contributions to the genre but haven't yet read them. In no particular order: Giovanni Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katanianQ Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Kfed-- totally! I was so engrossed in The Road that I actually read it driving (gasp!) wow i hope we dont live in the same state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustAnotherModernGuy Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 It's fun to compare lists. Kfed2020, What a great list! I took a literature and sexuality (focus on 20th cent British fiction) class a while back and am trying to recall fiction we read that isn't on your list. Here's what I found on my bookshelf that you don't have listed: (Queer Literature) Orlando V. Woolf Well of Loneliness R. Hall Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit J. Winterson The Thief's Journal J. Genet The Naked Civil Servant Q. Crisp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelley262003 Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 I am so out of my discipline here... but I came across this post and felt like I had something to add. (Gender studies minor as an undergrad) - Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Fienberg -Drag Queen Dreams by Leslie Fienberg -How I learned to Snap by Kirk Reed -Me Talk Pretty one Day by David Sedakis -Handmaid's Tale By Margret Atwood -Dawn and the Xneogenesis series by Octavia Butler -Anything by Jenett Winterson (her short stories are pretty good) -Persepolis by Marjan Satrapi (also a really good movie) - Just thought I would give my two cents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustAnotherModernGuy Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 Just finished this one last night--highly recommended for contemporary queer novels: Worth Fighting With by Vincent Quinn (at Sussex University) It's rather new (2007) and might be slightly hard to find, but well worth the inconvenience! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrandNewName Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 At Swim, Two Boys is one of the best books I've ever read. Well worth the effort it takes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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