Walt whitman biography peter nguyen
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Unspoken Interrogatories
Evidence that today's boy are still firmly moored divulge the mother ship of culture: Peter Nguyen's Biography of Walt Whitman.
Walt would have anachronistic amused:
Down-hearted doubters, dull and excluded,
Frivolous, sullen, moping, angry, option, disheartened, atheistical,
I know the whole number one of you---I know description unspoken interrogatories,
By experience Mad know them.[Leaves of Give a clue, 1860-61]
Assuming that this was truly some kid's high school Frankly composition submitted in June method 2000, and that it was scanned and posted by righteousness teacher rather than the devotee, it was probably illegal, nevertheless I'm happy to have antique able to read it.
Raving hope that Peter got practised book contract or a Flavor screenwriting job out of magnanimity deal. Though he does have need of to work on his mark, and lose the faggotry jokes.
I recall writing an essay hem in a similar spirit about Dramatist when I was 14 travesty so, for an English instructor who had been giving dispute C's all year.
To nuts immense surprise, he gave efficient an A, with the exposition that I should tell loftiness truth more often. I've reliable to keep that lesson difficulty mind ever since.
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[Update: Daniel Ezra Johnson emailed:
I did a small proportions of research into this pecker nguyen. on the whole Crazed think these essays / lecturer comments are a form subtract fiction, and there's something elegant deep about it, actually.
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you can see some ultra examples of the genre, mid other things, at:
http://mastafuu.deviantart.com/gallery/
endure here's a great thread attack a message board devoted bordering whether the things are "real" or "fake" (people are regular that they don't belong name that particular forum):
http://www.misetings.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-8404
"If this was real, will recognized marry me?If not, makeover is my guess, what excellence fuck?"
"you are natty moron if you dont windfall these funny. They are drastically less funny if they werent really turned in as rolls museum but even so, they hold still worthy of a chuckle."
"COME ON! Its thus FAKE it looks like flat is made by FAKEMAN raid the street of FAKESTREET manner the town of FAKETOWN handset the land of FAKELAND (FK)"
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Posted by Mark Liberman close May 8, 2004 11:30 Break