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Alan W. Powers
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The prominent Australian composer and Pied Butcherbird expert Hollis Taylor early on supported my Birdtalk. Years later, I just had the pleasure of hearing her evocative lecture at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 20 May 13. She had sent me a CD of astonishing Pied Butcherbird birdtalk, which this lecture analyzed, but more astonishingly, also Lyrebirds. As part of a working group of four, Holli...
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The Worlds of Giordano Bruno: The Man Galileo Plagiarised
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BirdTalk: Conversations With Birds
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Westport Soundings
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One of the many dramatic monologs in the collection, this one anomalous in being about the author.
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“Good teachers get fired; great teachers, killed--Socrates, Christ, and Giordano Bruno.”
― Alan W. Powers
― Alan W. Powers
“I practice Dying--every night--
But have not learned to, still--
Though Talented--by Mortal bones--
For such a common Skill.”
― Alan W. Powers
But have not learned to, still--
Though Talented--by Mortal bones--
For such a common Skill.”
― Alan W. Powers
“from "After the Fall"
When Kennedy dropped from the sky
To honor the poet Frost, ...
So MacLeish spoke.."Not
To mention Robert Frost. For Frost,
Of course, is another matter, as he
Always was, spoke to the throng an the one
Hatless in October, but days before
Dallas and November.”
― Alan W. Powers, Westport Soundings
When Kennedy dropped from the sky
To honor the poet Frost, ...
So MacLeish spoke.."Not
To mention Robert Frost. For Frost,
Of course, is another matter, as he
Always was, spoke to the throng an the one
Hatless in October, but days before
Dallas and November.”
― Alan W. Powers, Westport Soundings
“Good teachers get fired; great teachers, killed--Socrates, Christ, and Giordano Bruno.”
― Alan W. Powers
― Alan W. Powers
“I practice Dying--every night--
But have not learned to, still--
Though Talented--by Mortal bones--
For such a common Skill.”
― Alan W. Powers
But have not learned to, still--
Though Talented--by Mortal bones--
For such a common Skill.”
― Alan W. Powers
“Trovo la televisione molto educativa. Ogni volta che qualcuno la accende, vado in biblioteca e leggo un buon libro.”
― Groucho Marx
― Groucho Marx
“Give me a kiss, and to that kiss a score; then to that twenty, add a hundred more; a thousand to that hundred: so kiss on, to make that thousand up a million. treble that million, and when that is done, let's kiss afresh, as when we first begun!”
― Robert Herrick
― Robert Herrick
“The ear is the only true writer and the only true reader. I know people who read without hearing the sentence sounds and they were the fastest readers. Eye readers we call them. They get the meaning by glances. But they are bad readers because they miss the best part of what a good writer puts into his work.”
― Robert Frost
― Robert Frost
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Maurizio (matemati) wrote: "Ciao Alan!I'm interested in your book 'Birdtalk': how can I get it?"
Maurizio (matemati) wrote: "Ciao Alan!
I'm interested in your book 'Birdtalk': how can I get it?"
Maurizio--Grazie tanto. Thanks for your interest. It's on amazon.co.uk. amazon.fr, amazon.de and amazon.com. There
are some great prices, used and I think even new. Sold a few in the UK
a couple weeks ago, I think bec of my email on the Dyfi ospreys, but I don't know. My website has some of my imitations and bird "conversations," including one, the Merlo recorded in Italy, on Radio Uno (2004). There's also a link on my website to the talk I gave in Milan, in Italian. See www.habitableworlds.com
For the birdsound click up top on Birdtalk. For the Italian talk, click under the book cover on the right. Alan
Oh, as for Twain--also, as with Dickens, his European travels, I think titled Autobiographies. And Tom Sawyer, which I find a much more interesting critique of America (schools, religion etc) than Huckleberry Finn.
Fede wrote: "I just forgot to tell you another satirical writer I like: bukowsky. But way too dirty for me. There are some episodes I just can't read: too rude and disgusting. Anyway, he's got a unique comic st..."I've read very little Bukowski. Seems very sexist to me, in that San Francisco kind of way. And now, pretty dated?
Fede wrote: "What should i read by mark train? Ps: i believe sooner or later i'll read the tale of Two cities by dickens....it just appeals my . I'm curious about it."
Two Cities may be Dickens' least amusing novel--I like Nicholas Nickelby, but it's really long, of course. And Dickens' Italian account is very good--it must also be in Italian?
I just forgot to tell you another satirical writer I like: bukowsky. But way too dirty for me. There are some episodes I just can't read: too rude and disgusting. Anyway, he's got a unique comic style.
What should i read by mark train? Ps: i believe sooner or later i'll read the tale of Two cities by dickens....it just appeals my . I'm curious about it.
Fede wrote: "Alan wrote: "Fede wrote: "Yes I have to admit "la prosivendola" is an unbelievably funny book,although I don't Esteem pennac so much. The fact that he considers it his best work proves that he is n..."Austen non piace Mark Twain, pero... Ed Italiano no ha parole per
"silly" e "folly." Ma per carattere, insuperabile. E magari per un certo tipo di umorismo.
Alan wrote: "Fede wrote: "Yes I have to admit "la prosivendola" is an unbelievably funny book,although I don't Esteem pennac so much. The fact that he considers it his best work proves that he is not such a gre..."I read austen,but didn't work for me.i'll try and read the other ones you suggested to me. It's 11.30 pm here. Goodnight!
Fede wrote: "Yes I have to admit "la prosivendola" is an unbelievably funny book,although I don't Esteem pennac so much. The fact that he considers it his best work proves that he is not such a great writer. Fo..."Beh, in lingua inglese ci sono molti scrittori che ti fanno ridere e pensare, da Chaucer e Shakespeare attraverso Donne di Andrew Marvell (nella sua prosa), attraverso Austen a Dickinson Twain e al gelo e Yeats a Saul Bellow.
Yes I have to admit "la prosivendola" is an unbelievably funny book,although I don't Esteem pennac so much. The fact that he considers it his best work proves that he is not such a great writer. For me, real talented writers have the duty to make their readers think. Pennac only makes me laugh( not in the sens he's ridiculous,but in a positive way,still.) according to me, the only writer that can make you laugh while thinking and reflecting is the Italian Stefano Benni. The rest are ephemeral reads,although fun ones.
I'm interested in your book 'Birdtalk': how can I get it?"
Maurizio (matemati) wrote: "Ciao Alan!
I'm interested in your book 'Birdtalk': how can I get it?"
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Maurizio,
If you haven't found my Birdtalk at a good price, I can send one of the few I have here--though they charge lots for mail as I recall. I just sent my Bruno book to Italy, $15 US--nearly half the value of the book itslef. AP