/lit/ - Literature

We're all people who need to get their life together in some way or another, no? Seems to be a pretty common denominator among us denizens of /lit/.

memento mori ed

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>>22839797
sorrows of young Werther

Say you buy or are given a book by an unfamiliar or not so well known author, would you take the time to read it?

If I can incorporate some of the fearlessness which stems from anonymity into actually writing something other than another shitpost I may be able to write something I’m not embarrassed of.

>Watchmen

>18
>NEET, perhaps I'll return to my education if I survive the year.
>INTJ
>Crime and Punishment
>Depends
>Napoleon's death in Andrew Roberts' biography

Diary excerpt from August 7th 2020 (443 days ago)
>"I think I'm going to take a week off of weed soon. It barely affects me and its not even fun these days. I just want it to feel like it did when I was 18."

https://voca.ro/1dcG6dIuZ3Wa

Diary excerpt from August 16th 2020 (443 days ago)
>"I think I'm going to take a week off of weed soon. It barely affects me and its not even fun these days. I just want it to feel like it did when I was 18."

https://voca.ro/1dcG6dIuZ3Wa

im starting to think that the weed might be smoking me...

How do you find the focus to read dense books in a time so filled with distractions? I used to be able to read at least 30-40 books a year, now I'm happy If I can do 1/4 of that. I don't know if It's age, over-exposition to instant gratification entertainment, too many distractions or all of that together, but It became much harder to concentrate on a book, especially less accessible ones that are not related to some tangible pragmatic gain.

Share your secrets with me, anons.

>>15741125
Not this anon but, only reasons I personally can't make a discord for this general is because a) I'm severely under-read and b) I'm a female. Too easy to laugh at as a server owner, but I'd love for it to be a thing.
Someone else gotta do it, someone more /lit/.

Looking for depressing // romantic poetry recommendations that either have a bit of rhythm to them or really get to the emotion. Not really interested in anything convoluted

>brainlets not majoring in both a prestigious STEM field and philosophy
>not mastering the world of pragmatic empiricism to contribute to material liberation and the world of rationalism to liberate yourself

Engineers and computer science majors need not apply, I'm talking about majors that can actually produce good in the world sweeties.

Dear /lit/ bros, since this is almost over

What are you're favorite /lit/ quotes about life and all

>>7887541
French.

tfw my literary criticism prof. asked me if I would expand my analysis of Not About Nightingales at a Dramatic Lit Conference in the Spring

tfw i'm a junior

>>7219091
How else are you going to involve yourself in a social environment with people willing to engage thoughtful discussion? Socrates thrived on question-based analysis. He surrounded himself with people who fed on socializing. Regular people don't want to talk about philosophy. If you have intellectual friends than that's a great alternative, otherwise university isn't that bad. You sound like an underachiever clouded in delusion about education. Just because you decided to drop out and work minimum wage doesn't mean others should too. Reading Plato in the bathroom during your 15m breaks doesn't mean you're "beating the system".

>>7219082
4chan is great. I prefer face to face discussion though.

>>6789100
Not sure if you loved it or hated it.

Not that it really matters, but I just got done with a semester long undergrad poetry writing workshop, so it's good to have some feedback from people other than femminazi's and the one kid who puts three adjectives in front of everything.

First time I read Macbeth, I thought, "big fuckin whoop."
Read it next time around with fagtier B&N commentary pages and historical context
>7/10
Maybe you're like I once was OP, too stupid for the King of Speares

>>4985102
>Dat rhetoric promoting capitalist soullessness