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The Letters of Gusta... 05/15 Erin is currently reading:
The Letters of Gustave Flaubert: 1830-1880 (Hardcover)
by Francis Steegmuller
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The Double Flame: Lo... 05/15 Erin is currently reading:
The Double Flame: Love and Eroticism (Paperback)
by Octavio Paz
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April 20
76479 New comment on Dan's review of A Field Guide to Getting Lost
716627 Erin wrote: "i am soooo glad you liked this!! "

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January 25
93504 New comment on Hannah's review of The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
716627 Erin wrote: "whoa, that is me, erin, above. not nick! he never logs out of anything on the compy...i try to tell ...more "

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January 10
1176470 New comment on Erin's review of Les années Karina (1960 à 1967)
716627 Erin wrote: "umm, i think you are confused because this is a book by Godard not Tolstoy. i'm refering to the actr...more "

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"...I feel certain that somewhere very near here-the first house down the road, maybe-there's a good poet dying, but also somewhere very near here somebody's having a hilarious pint of pus taken from her lovely young body, and I can't be running back and forth between grief and high delight. " — J.D. Salinger
January 09
9516 New comment on Erin's review of Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
716627 Erin wrote: "they are so great.
the movie opens on friday, i can't wait!
i am totally fascinated by Iran.
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Art of Living: The C... Erin gave 3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars to:
Art of Living: The Classical Mannual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness (Plus)
by Epictetus, Sharon Lebell
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recommended to Erin by: the Glass family
read in December, 2007

Erin Erin said: "i really enjoyed this book but i think that the translation leaves something to be desired. it seemed a bit too 'free', trying too hard to be contemporary. i'm going to seek out a more academic translation of dear old Epictetus and then i think i wil...more "
If Not, Winter: Frag... Erin marked as to-read:
If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho (Paperback)
by Sappho
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The Beauty of the Hu... Erin gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
The Beauty of the Husband: A Fictional Essay in 29 Tangos (Paperback)
by Anne Carson
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Erin Erin said: "this is the kind of thing i dream of writing. anne carson is wonderful. "
Wanderlust: A Histor... Erin marked as to-read:
Wanderlust: A History of Walking (Paperback)
by Rebecca Solnit
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Erin Erin said: "another book that i started and never finished despite the fact that it was great. "




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"...I feel certain that somewhere very near here-the first house down the road, maybe-there's a good poet dying, but also somewhere very near here somebody's having a hilarious pint of pus taken from her lovely young body, and I can't be running back and forth between grief and high delight. "
— J.D. Salinger (Franny and Zooey)




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