I'm looking for a journal/magazine that will be all about literature, with all different forms of criticism. Something that has good articles/essays about literature. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
posted on May 16, 2008 - 5 answers

Does anyone know of concise histories of imperialism and/or colonialism? These will be used for developing a 12th grade history/literature curriculum, so extra credit is available for those who can make a literature connection. Plus, books focusing on India and Africa will be appreciated.
posted on May 16, 2008 - 9 answers

Help me remember the name of this short story about a draft dodger in Vietnam. [more inside]
posted on May 15, 2008 - 7 answers

Help me find this quotation. The gist of it is something like this: in current times, fantastical metaphors are the only way of describing the convoluted reality of experience. [more inside]
posted on May 12, 2008 - 6 answers

Help me remember the title/plot of this (pre-?) teen fictional book. [more inside]
posted on May 10, 2008 - 3 answers

What book is this? I remember an intro that describes Paris, focuses on gold, and has some analogy about the city's inhabitants being like wheat or grain. [more inside]
posted on May 9, 2008 - 4 answers

Do you know any good sites in Spanish about literature, preferably with an emphasis on classic books or writers? Sites about both international and Spanish/Latin American literature are welcome. [more inside]
posted on May 8, 2008 - 7 answers

I'm looking for recommendations of Croatian authors whose works are available in English. [more inside]
posted on May 7, 2008 - 9 answers

What one book will allow others to gain the truest insight into the soul of each city or region [more inside]
posted on May 6, 2008 - 16 answers

Trying to make a list of fictional drinks. For instance: Clementine mixxes up a couple of "blue ruins" in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and the Silver Jews' song Buckingham Rabbit makes reference to "shattered dogs on the rocks." What other fictional drinks can you think of? [more inside]
posted on May 4, 2008 - 51 answers

Literary Identification, please! Help me remember a passage about the quality of sleep and how it is transcendent when shared. I believe it is in one of the US-public-school-required-reading-by-a-British-guy novels. [more inside]
posted on May 2, 2008 - 4 answers

Examples of fleeing from technology into the unconscious in literature? [more inside]
posted on Apr 25, 2008 - 10 answers

I am looking for online magazines to submit art/literature/experimental/fun articles to. I think 'The Believer' magazine is a good example of the type I crave. UK based would be best, but not completely necessary. [more inside]
posted on Apr 23, 2008 - 9 answers

Writers like John McPhee, writing in Spanish, French, German, Italian, or Russian? [more inside]
posted on Apr 21, 2008 - 5 answers

Please help me find resources and information about Good and Evil in children's literature. [more inside]
posted on Apr 19, 2008 - 12 answers

Is there a Definitive English translation of Don Quixote? [more inside]
posted on Apr 14, 2008 - 12 answers

Putting together a course on the history of music as property; I have a lot of the course figured out, but am looking for really well documented and interesting case studies or chronicles of disputes over the ownership of music. [more inside]
posted on Apr 13, 2008 - 29 answers

BookFilter: Help me remember this book about 3 children who go on an "incredible journey" of sorts after their parents fail to pick them up from the hotel's daycare. [more inside]
posted on Apr 10, 2008 - 6 answers

My second-grade class (back in 1974) began studying poetry, and I seem to remember vaguely something about a Langston Hughes poem and the line, "There is a feeling of immortality in youth..." A quick internet search comes up with William Hazlett as the source of that particular quote. Does anybody know of any relevant Langston Hughes connection to that idea though??
posted on Apr 9, 2008 - 2 answers

What literature is written about Spain or the experience of living in Spain by American authors? [more inside]
posted on Apr 6, 2008 - 17 answers

Need help remembering an old story. I think Joseph Conrad wrote it, but I'm not finding anything with the searches. Here are my dreamlike recollections: gist of the story is about a bottle or a box full of money (?). Each owner of the box/bottle has their wishes granted, but has to pass the box to someone else. The last person with the box/bottle goes to hell (or something?). I think I remember one of the characters in the story building a house on a hill in a tropical location. Help?
posted on Apr 5, 2008 - 6 answers

What are the classics of genre fiction? What are the best thrillers, mysteries, westerns, horror, romances, etc? [more inside]
posted on Apr 3, 2008 - 27 answers

Recursion filter: I recently came across the phrase 'Mise en Abyme' and have become fascinated by recursion in literature, language and film. What writings have used these themes in their form to address the questions they posed? [more inside]
posted on Apr 2, 2008 - 18 answers

Where did Jack Kerouac actually stay when he went On the Road? Is there anywhere I could stay where he once did?
posted on Mar 30, 2008 - 7 answers

How do I pronounce some of my favorite authors' names? (Names inside.) [more inside]
posted on Mar 26, 2008 - 26 answers

Bookfilter: I'm chasing books, stories, novels that prominently feature either Tokyo or Vancouver as settings. Please no Lonely Planet / Pilot Guides... [more inside]
posted on Mar 23, 2008 - 20 answers

I am interested in finding a good, interesting online academic community—discussion boards, chat rooms, and the like. I am primarily interested in Literature and Philosophy. Do these places exist, or are internet fora pure lulz?
posted on Mar 23, 2008 - 9 answers

How does one read pages (dozens, maybe even hundreds of pages) of boring 17th century sermons or other boring material? [more inside]
posted on Mar 20, 2008 - 22 answers

Where can I read Michel Houellebecq's notorious September 2001 Lire interview in English? [more inside]
posted on Mar 17, 2008 - 2 answers

I need some help finding French poems that meet some specific guidelines. I'm currently in my 5th year of high school French. I'm going to a competition where I'll be reciting some memorized poetry, but I haven't had much luck finding anything good to memorize. I need some suggestions of French poems that are *good*, fairly long but not too long, and use moderately advanced vocabulary. I've looked, but I need some guidance from people who know more about this than me. [more inside]
posted on Mar 13, 2008 - 25 answers

Help me truly cite this Antoine de Saint Exupery quote: "A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away." [more inside]
posted on Mar 13, 2008 - 8 answers

I am looking for writings on the infinity of definition. [more inside]
posted on Mar 13, 2008 - 32 answers

I want to hear about "anti-cool". [more inside]
posted on Mar 11, 2008 - 50 answers

Looking for the name of a childrens' book about squirrels. [more inside]
posted on Mar 10, 2008 - 1 answers

Help balance my male dominated library. Looking for authors that happen to be female and great reads (either literature or very good genre). Specifics inside. [more inside]
posted on Mar 10, 2008 - 59 answers

Looking to make a list of famous artists, in all media, who "started it all." [more inside]
posted on Mar 5, 2008 - 68 answers

Short-story filter: contemporary American story with a scene of a baby boy whose father cruelly dangles a pocketwatch just out of reach so as to get the boy used to disappointment. [more inside]
posted on Mar 5, 2008 - 3 answers

Literary Criticism: help me get a handle on it. Is there a good online source (more in-depth than our beloved Wikipedia) that defines and describes such theories as Psychological, Symbolic, Mythological, Archetypal, Feminist, Marxist, Cultural, and Deconstructive? I know I can find this info in hardcopy, but I’m going to be traveling, so I’d rather have a source I can study on my laptop, rather than lugging around a text. Thanks!
posted on Mar 4, 2008 - 5 answers

I'm looking for really terrible creative works made by well-regarded artists. For example, Picasso's secret crappy drawings, or John Coltrane playing out of tune. I welcome examples from all creative pursuits from all eras: literature, music, art, dance, theatre, film, architecture, graphic design, etc. [more inside]
posted on Mar 4, 2008 - 40 answers

Are there any collections or online repositories of contemporary short stories written in English and licensed under Creative Commons?
posted on Mar 3, 2008 - 2 answers

Recommendations/sources for good erotic writing? [more inside]
posted on Mar 1, 2008 - 16 answers

I am interested in literary works that discuss various substances like recreational drugs or pharmaceuticals. I am interested in anything with associations or references to philosophy, politics, religion, mind-expansion etc. Some examples of what I am looking for are Aldous Huxley's 'Brave New World' and Soma, or Dune and Melange. Any dystopia/utopia parallels, anticipations of the future, criticisms of drug culture, criticisms of pharmaceuticals, or allegories to anything substance related would be incredibly useful. This is a follow up of this thread: http://ask.metafilter.com/83142/Literary-works-anticipacting-the-future-trends
posted on Feb 28, 2008 - 31 answers

Looking for a science fiction short story I read years ago. [more inside]
posted on Feb 24, 2008 - 10 answers

Can someone direct me to some good Utopian internet manifestos? The times did an article with a good summary of techno-realist manifestos, but I want to find some really, really wacky Utopian examples.
posted on Feb 22, 2008 - 4 answers

I'm looking for the title and author of a certain North American Literature work with only a few details. I read it in a class called "American Realism and Naturalism" and it (the book) was dreadfully and woefully boring/hideous -- and that's coming from an English grad. [more inside]
posted on Feb 21, 2008 - 4 answers

I recently subscribed to the short story of the day rss feed mentioned here on metafilter. The first story I read was "That Costly Ride". The ending makes no sense to me. Does anyone have an insight on this story?
posted on Feb 18, 2008 - 10 answers

Any expert translators in the house? What is the best way to go about translating works of published fiction from Bulgarian into English? Any resources or answers regarding the practical elements of translation in general, or info for obtaining the legal rights to have any translated works published...? More fun inside! [more inside]
posted on Feb 12, 2008 - 7 answers

What literature anticipated future trends, but does not have a causal link? What did the literature anticipate? I'm thinking of 1984/USA politics and Neuromancer/Internet I'm looking for some good reading material about this subject; therefore, I'm looking for these literary instances, or even books based on this subject--including reference material, or websites.
posted on Feb 8, 2008 - 18 answers

Please help me find the name and author of a short story I read in The New Yorker within the last five years or so. The premise of the story is a teacher at a prep school in Manhattan is brought home by one of his students because she has decided he's the person she is going to marry. Toward the end of the story, the girl's father punches the teacher in the stomach unexpectedly. I believe the story won some awards.
posted on Feb 7, 2008 - 25 answers

Help me find literature written about life in prisons, work camps, concentration camps etc. [more inside]
posted on Feb 7, 2008 - 39 answers