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So I don’t know if I would read her, but others have made these arguments too, & I tend to agree.So I too like the line Andrew was taken by. For me, for a long time, ‘memory is fiction’ has been one of my mantras… Doug > On Jan 27, 2016, at 8:45 PM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Thanks Andrew. One of Husvedt's points was that when we recall a memory and > it changes a little, the next time we recall it, we are likely to go back > to that slightly distorted memory, not the original, which is not 'saved' > in the same way as a computer file for instance. > > Bill > > On Thursday, 28 January 2016, Andrew Burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Iike these lines particularly (just for my pov): >> >> >> *Are poems reclaimed memories resorted?* >> >> Many of mine are just that, out through a sieve of today's emotions. >> >> Andrew >> < >> https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail >>> >> This >> email has been sent from a virus-free computer protected by Avast. >> www.avast.com >> < >> https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail >>> >> <#DDB4FAA8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> >> >> On 27 January 2016 at 22:39, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask] >> <javascript:;>> wrote: >> >>> 360 odd pages, Pat. I persisted and was interested in what she had to say >>> about migraines and dreams protecting sleep but her pieces about viewing >>> art were pretty inconsequential I thought. I do recommend her husband >> Paul >>> Auster's work. I think he would pass the 10-page test eg Smoke, >>> Oracle Night, New York trilogy, In the country of last things. >>> >>> Bill >>> >>> On Wednesday, 27 January 2016, Patrick McManus < >>> [log in to unmask] <javascript:;>> wrote: >>> >>>> Bill liked idea of previous readers -wondered how far page 98 was in >> the >>>> book -But sometimes one gets a book with usually pencilled comments >> some >>>> poor person on a course maybe >>>> cheers P I am training myself for a ten page rule if it does not work >> by >>>> then out with it -we don't have the time left! >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- From: Bill Wootton >>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 8:09 AM >>>> To: [log in to unmask] <javascript:;> >>>> Subject: At least two readers >>>> >>>> Name: Keough, Michael Philip, >>>> one 'l', he must have said >>>> many a time, this >>>> previous borrower >>>> of the book I am reading, >>>> Living, Thinking, Looking, >>>> a series of essays >>>> by Siri Hustvedt, >>>> wife of novelist >>>> and poet Paul Auster. >>>> >>>> So how, I wonder, >>>> did you find Siri, >>>> Michael Philip? >>>> Not how did you come by her >>>> but how satisfied were you >>>> with what Siri offered >>>> by way of words? >>>> Your borrowing slip >>>> from Goldfields Library >>>> in Bendigo slipped >>>> from page 98, nearly >>>> halfway through >>>> an examination >>>> of the difference >>>> between memoir >>>> and fiction. >>>> >>>> Am I to assume this >>>> is where you gave >>>> Siri short shrift? >>>> If so, you did better >>>> than I did because >>>> by this point >>>> I was skimming. >>>> Not scanning you >>>> understand, not >>>> seeking particular >>>> information, just >>>> eye-raking, hoping >>>> to be arrested. >>>> >>>> 'Memory is flux', >>>> mmm. 'Fictions >>>> are remembered too'. >>>> The whereabouts >>>> of storage is moot. >>>> Are poems reclaimed >>>> memories resorted? >>>> Perhaps the next >>>> borrower will better >>>> justify their slip >>>> than you or me, >>>> Michael. >>>> >>>> bw >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Andrew >> http://hispirits.blogspot.com/ >> Books available through Walleah Press >> http://walleahpress.com.au >> Douglas Barbour [log in to unmask] https://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/ Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuations 2 (UofAPress). Recording Dates (Rubicon Press). Done in by creation itself. I mean the gods. Not us. Well us too. The gods moved into books. Who wrote the books? We wrote the books. In whose dream, then are we dreaming? Robert Kroetsch.