@Annie Yes! I have several. I've restarted Neal Stephenson's giant "The Baroque Cycle" trilogy several times. I swear I'll get through "Gravity's Rainbow" one day. Also " House of Leaves" by Mark Z. Danielewski, although I may never finish that one.
@Annie Michael Korda’s biography of Lawrence of Arabia. Collected non-fiction of Joan Didion. And six others. So... yes.
@jack I'm reading the first book in the baroque cycle! I can definitely see how the trilogy could become an eternal read.
@Annie There are five on my shelf right now, four of them anthologies:
-The Penguin Anthology of Twentieth Century Poetry, edited by Rita Dove, which I am, finally, almost finished with
-Poetry in Theory: An Anthology 1900-2000, edited by Jon Cook
-Veils, Halos & Shackles: International Poetry on the Oppression and Empowerment of Women, edited by Charles Adès Fishman & Smita Sahay
-Male Lust, edited by Kerwin Kay, Jill Nagle, and Baruch Gold
-The War on Science, by Shawn Otto
@bennorris That’s a great book. But yes, some deep wading at points. One of those you have to be fully awake/focused to read.
@Annie There's so much to like about Frost's work, especially the darker poems. Too often, I think he forces things into the wise New England farmer vein that people came to expect of him. Today, I’ll be diving into The Arabian Nights, Haddawy's translation, for course I’m prepping.
@eli Yay for Bone! My son’s read the whole thing but I’ve only read the first book completely and dipped into the rest. Definitely a long-term read for me.
@Aleen I’ve got a pretty even split on my ‘eternal reads’: 3 fiction, 1 poetry anthology, and 3 nonfiction.
@vasta Some nonfiction I zip right through, others I wade... slowly... through. I’m with you on a good novel though — that’s a one-day read, usually.
@Annie I hope my students feel the same way. I’ve had some success with The Arabian Nights in the past. Students get drawn into the narrative energy of the nested stories.
