Bryan Ray Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Here's a quote of the very beginning of NORMA JEANE BAKER OF TROY (a version of Euripides’ HELEN) by Anne Carson: https://t.co/Oq5B910cAb

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"Your gods crafted a soul too big for the space of life they give you to live in. " —from "H of H Playbook" by Anne Carson https://t.co/90izpKpaxc

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"...Long chapters are better suited for logy readers & we’re not an IN-FOLIO public but an IN-12 one, not much text, wide margins... & ornamental designs..." —from “The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas” by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis; full quote here: https://t.co/dWrWwsyJPl

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"Not the animal world, not the plant world, not the miracle of the spheres, but man himself is now the crucial mystery." —from THE HERO WITH A THOUSAND FACES by Joseph Campbell https://t.co/P48gh1J238

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"Outside of our sorority house was a lovely marble plaque, etched, that said, ‘Life is for Service.’ Fred was always covering up the ‘Ser’ so that it read, ‘Life is for vice’." —from “The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers” by Maxwell King https://t.co/3OTwvAvAFF

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since I copied the prophet's transition scene from 2 KINGS yesterday, here's the conclusion of Joyce's "Cyclops" episode from ULYSSES: https://t.co/Nru58dsmT9