We Have Beards» American Pastoral http://wehavebeards.com Discussing Movies, Books, Music, TV, Art and Food Fri, 08 Jul 2011 20:51:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Black Beard’s Guide To Establishing A Foundation For Your Literary Arrogance and Condescension http://wehavebeards.com/2010/06/18/black-beards-guide-to-establishing-a-foundation-for-your-literary-arrogance-and-condescension/ http://wehavebeards.com/2010/06/18/black-beards-guide-to-establishing-a-foundation-for-your-literary-arrogance-and-condescension/#comments Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:12:39 +0000 Black Beard http://wehavebeards.com/?p=1619 Recently a friend asked me to make a list of books I would recommend for someone who would like to read some serious literature, and in doing so, I realized that a list like this could serve as a useful primer for anyone who reads what I write in this space. That being said, what [...]]]> http://wehavebeards.com/2010/06/18/black-beards-guide-to-establishing-a-foundation-for-your-literary-arrogance-and-condescension/feed/ 0 Black Beard on Literary Criticism Now And In The 24th Century http://wehavebeards.com/2010/06/16/black-beard-on-literary-criticism-now-and-in-the-24th-century/ http://wehavebeards.com/2010/06/16/black-beard-on-literary-criticism-now-and-in-the-24th-century/#comments Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:35:46 +0000 Black Beard http://wehavebeards.com/?p=1606 I’m always interested in tracing the lineage of art, of finding an indication of what influenced an artist, and of discovering what aspects of a past novel, for instance, have been adopted and repeated by contemporary novelists. It’s a small thing, but I feel as though I more thoroughly understand Philip Roth’s American Pastoral when [...]]]> http://wehavebeards.com/2010/06/16/black-beard-on-literary-criticism-now-and-in-the-24th-century/feed/ 0 Black Beard’s Review of Books No One Wants to Read: American Pastoral http://wehavebeards.com/2009/12/24/black-beards-review-of-books-no-one-wants-to-read-american-pastoral/ http://wehavebeards.com/2009/12/24/black-beards-review-of-books-no-one-wants-to-read-american-pastoral/#comments Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:21:05 +0000 Black Beard http://wehavebeards.com/?p=120 I like to buy books for people as gifts.  I do this with the awareness that most of the books I purchase will never be finished and most likely not even begun.  I don’t know what it is about me—whether buying books or writing in this space—that instills me with the compulsion to thrust things [...]]]> http://wehavebeards.com/2009/12/24/black-beards-review-of-books-no-one-wants-to-read-american-pastoral/feed/ 2