Kate’s 2¢: “The Beats: a very short Introduction” by David Sterritt

“The Beats: a very short Introduction” by David Sterritt

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

   This essay seems to be trying to justify the amoral, drug culture of Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William S. Burroughs by exalting their radical literary creative works. I unapologetically don’t buy it.

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David Sterritt (born September 11, 1944) is a film critic, author and scholar. He is most notable for his work on Alfred Hitchcock and Jean-Luc Godard, and his many years as the Film Critic for The Christian Science Monitor, where, from 1968 until his retirement in 2005, he championed avant garde. 

Career

Sterritt began his career as a film critic at Boston After Dark (now the Boston Phoenix), where he was Chief Editor. He then moved to The Christian Science Monitor, where he worked as the newspaper’s Film Critic 

Personal Life

Sterritt is the partner of psychoanalyst, author and cultural critic Mikita Brottman. They wrote a review together of Gaspar Noé’s 

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Sterritt, David. Reading time: 4 hours, 6 minutes.

Read by Gregory Maupin. A production of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress.

Social Sciences

Literature

The social, cultural, and aesthetic sensibilities of the Beat Generation’s novelists and poets, including Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William S. Burroughs. Topics include the roots of the Beat experience, analysis of the writers’ work, and the lasting influence of the Beats. 2013.

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Kate’s 2¢: “Silence for the dead” by Simone St. James

“Silence for the dead” by Simone St. James

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

   Mary Jane Wells did a very good job of narrating this story. It took me a little while to get used to the heavy British accent, but I slowed Victor Stream Reader down a tick and all was well  (no pun intended).

A few take-aways:

–Selfishness is preeminently a defect, which disqualifies a woman from the nursing profession.

–Patient 16 came to us with the highest level of government level, that his stay here was to remain confidential. It would not do to have it known that a national hero was in a mad house. It would be detrimental to morale.

–To disregard the rules of his treatment, is to set him back.

–A man fighting for his sanity, had the energy only for the simple tasks of his daily life. Friendship was a luxury.

–Just because a man has lost his sanity, doesn’t mean he isn’t capable of subterfuge…They have no moral qualms at all.

–This house is a vampire, feeding on the pain the insecurity the despair of these men

–It didn’t seem like a haunted place. It was a big, somnolent house in the summer heat.

–I sat in the bath thinking of things. About  ghosts. About endings. About beginnings.

   I really enjoyed this story, however, I would have also liked to have read more about the author.

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Silence for the dead DB108462

St. James, Simone. Reading time: 10 hours, 36 minutes.

Read by Mary Jane Wells.

Gothic Fiction

Historical Fiction

Supernatural and Horror Fiction

Historical Mystery Fiction

“In 1919 Kitty Weekes–pretty, resourceful, and on the run–falsifies her background to obtain a nursing position at Portis House, a remote hospital for soldiers left shell-shocked by the horrors of the Great War. Hiding the shame of their mental instability in what was once a magnificent private estate, the patients suffer from nervous attacks and tormenting dreams. But something more is going on at Portis House–its plaster is crumbling; its plumbing makes eerie noises; and strange, cold breaths of air waft through the empty rooms. It’s known that the former occupants left abruptly, but where did they go? And why do the patients all seem to share the same nightmare, one so horrific that they dare not speak of it? Kitty finds a dangerous ally in Jack Yates, an inmate who may be a war hero, a madman or maybe both. But even as Kitty and Jack create a secret, intimate alliance to uncover the truth, disturbing revelations suggest the presence of powerful spectral forces. And when a medica

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