tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44229776106220748.post1618384340965616118..comments2024-01-04T09:30:41.625-05:00Comments on All The Good Names Were Taken: Want to depress yourself really fast?Nanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18359007443116549436noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44229776106220748.post-88717292447425568852011-08-08T10:10:58.273-04:002011-08-08T10:10:58.273-04:00Tell me about it: my mom got me "The Red Pon...Tell me about it: my mom got me "The Red Pony" when I was about 10, thinking it was a nice story about a boy and his pony. Little did she realize she'd have a sobbing child on her hands when the buzzards picked the eyeballs out of the little horse.<br /><br />*shudder*Anonyvoxhttp://www.anonyvox.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44229776106220748.post-87852318466290046002011-08-07T11:12:46.868-04:002011-08-07T11:12:46.868-04:00Try Faulkner (A Rose for Emily - for example.) It...Try Faulkner (A Rose for Emily - for example.) It must have really ben a depressing time - but then again, how about Poe?Ol'Buzzardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00075162476463971258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44229776106220748.post-42837575392071456482011-08-06T11:11:29.569-04:002011-08-06T11:11:29.569-04:00I have always loved Steinbeck - but it is true tha...I have always loved Steinbeck - but it is true that most of his stories are gritty. I do think it was the times and a writer expressing social injustice and difficult realities in the way the folk singers did. He just didn't have a banjo behind him to lighten the impact!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12768569658001165651noreply@blogger.com