Comments on: The Poet And The Prophet http://101books.net/2011/06/14/the-poet-and-the-prophet/ Reading my way through Time Magazine's 100 Greatest Novels since 1923 (plus Ulysses) Thu, 23 May 2013 20:05:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Book #19: Go Tell It On The Mountain | 101 Books http://101books.net/2011/06/14/the-poet-and-the-prophet/#comment-2028 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:32:10 +0000 http://onehundredonebooks.wordpress.com/?p=2286#comment-2028 [...] 101 Books Reading my way through Time Magazine's 100 Greatest Novels since 1923 (plus Ulysses) Skip to content HomeAboutThe ListMy Rankings ← The Poet And The Prophet [...]

]]> By: Robert http://101books.net/2011/06/14/the-poet-and-the-prophet/#comment-2026 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 02:16:59 +0000 http://onehundredonebooks.wordpress.com/?p=2286#comment-2026 I haven’t read Keroauc in years, but On The Road is one of my all time favorite books. I’m looking forward to rereading it for this list. It’s been a long time.

]]> By: Teresa http://101books.net/2011/06/14/the-poet-and-the-prophet/#comment-2024 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 20:53:38 +0000 http://onehundredonebooks.wordpress.com/?p=2286#comment-2024 That verse jumped out at me, too. Beautiful. And I’ll chime in also for Jack Kerouac’s short story, Railroad Earth. His prose transports me.

]]> By: B Day http://101books.net/2011/06/14/the-poet-and-the-prophet/#comment-2021 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 17:09:29 +0000 http://onehundredonebooks.wordpress.com/?p=2286#comment-2021 Sounds great! That’s one of the things I love about great writing – how much fun it is to read and reflect on the words themselves.

Like you said, Fidzgerald is another good one; but another off the Time list that I really loved was The Bridge of San Luis Rey – beautiful prose.

]]> By: Robert http://101books.net/2011/06/14/the-poet-and-the-prophet/#comment-2020 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:24:49 +0000 http://onehundredonebooks.wordpress.com/?p=2286#comment-2020 Great thoughts as always, Jodi. Thanks for the great insight.

]]> By: jedwardswright http://101books.net/2011/06/14/the-poet-and-the-prophet/#comment-2019 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:18:03 +0000 http://onehundredonebooks.wordpress.com/?p=2286#comment-2019 Sounds amazing!
While there will always be writers whose abilities I would love to procure for myself, our voices are meant to be uniquely our own. Maybe that is part of the fascination with outstanding poetry or prose — the clarity with which the author expresses the essence of a particular viewpoint at a particular time in a particular place.
Who else could duplicate the singular work of Hemingway without having his extraordinary experiences in Europe and the Caribbean or his struggles with injuries and depression? How would Fitzgerald have written had he not lived durting the Jazz Age? How would Jane Austen’s style have developed if she were not an English spinster daughter of a minister living on the edge of gentility?
Perhaps this is what we need to understand as writers: what is distinctive about our experience that has formed us and made us individuals? This will not only impact the subject matter of our writing, but the actual style of how we write. By appreciating the unique quality of our own voices, being self-aware as well as observationally aware, I wonder if we might not become better writers than we are today.
Jodi

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