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nakupenda

nakupenda

An English Lit graduate with great interest in books about special education, religion/spirituality, psychology, philosophy, and animals!... I appreciate good children’s books -or about children!- and anything surreal, poetic, romantic or just a little crazy and unusually inspiring :P

When I’m in a bookshop I browse through very... more »
  • Athens, Greece
  • member since July 21 2008

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  • Robin636

    Robin636 says

    Hey nakupenda,
    long time, no...
    just wanted to let you know that my video is finally up on youtube...
    here's link: www.youtube.com/user/msrobinglasser
    if you like the 1.30 minute movie PLEASE TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS! no
    friends? Tell your enemies...merci beaucoup
    hope all's wondrous in your world...

    posted 3 weeks ago. ( send a note )
  • Aliza

    Aliza says

    Hi There! thanks for the friendship. I love to paint and I love to write. I just paint for enjoyment but one day I hope to write a novel! I look forward to chatting sometime. Aliza

    posted 5 months ago. ( send a note )
  • turtle teacher

    turtle teacher says

    Hey,

    Right now I teach 8th grade which is sort of on the fence right between elementary and high school. I think I chose that age because it is such a transitional time in a teen's life. Plus, you get to do some real critical thinking with them that I wasn't able to do when I student taught 2nd and 5th grade.

    Yes indeed, determination is huge in teaching. There are many who try to fake it, but the kids see right through it.

    Any good reads lately? I just finished "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao" and absolutely loved it.

    ---michael

    posted 5 months ago. ( send a note )
  • turtle teacher

    turtle teacher says

    Greetings,

    I would have to say my two favorite places to travel are the Dominican Republic and Italy.

    Actually, I just recently had my 3rd book published, "Roam Italy: A Teacher and His Students Take the Ultimate Class Trip." You could see more about it the site: www.theclassroombook.com

    As for the DR, I will be going over there for one month this summer as part of a "social justice" tour.

    And you - favorite places to travel?

    ---michael

    posted 5 months ago. ( send a note )
  • turtle teacher

    turtle teacher says

    Hola!

    posted 5 months ago. ( send a note )
  • zawan u

    zawan u says

    cool! I'd like to study literature when I go to college. What are you currently studying? I'd like to get to know you better
    bye!

    posted 8 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Doris T

    Doris T says

    Thank you.

    posted 8 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Doris T

    Doris T says

    Thank you for joining the group, I'm Reading I Do. I hope you will join in the discussions.

    posted 9 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Robin636

    Robin636 says

    hope you get everything you desire in the new year...

    posted 11 months ago. ( send a note )
  • mike

    mike says

    Hi Nakupenda
    I understand what you mean about shortage of time.
    Shouldn`t take you long to post the review - copy and paste.
    See how it goes
    All the best,
    Mike

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • mike

    mike says

    Hi
    Enjoyed your review of The Colour Purple.
    A new interactive web-site - www.babyboomreview.com - would like to include it.
    It would be great if you could check out the site and post the review.
    Look forward to hearing from you,
    Mike

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Jonas D

    Jonas D says

    I like Solaris a lot, just the kind of slow philosophical SF that is so hard to find today. I read some short story collection of him called the Star Diaries which was also not bad at all. Do you like Mr. Lem yourself ?

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Darlene

    Darlene says

    I just read a review you wrote on the book, East Wind, West Wind by Pearl Buck. Your comment about it not being very feminist.....?? You do realize this was written in 1930 and for a woman to agree to unbind her feet was Incredibly Feminist!!

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Alice in Madness

    Alice in Madness says

    hi to you :) Indeed I have. Beautiful writing...it's like a symphony in your head. Emerson rocks my socks.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • oiseau_blanc

    oiseau_blanc says

    hmmm, ur course on feminist theory sure sounds delectable!!;-) all i have ofg gender tehory this sem is some portions of this lauren berlant book, the queen of america goes to washington city..but thats far away...

    i instantly recognise the social practice u referred to wrt spivak as taht of self-immolation or sati (suttee in english orthography), but have not read the essay u mention....i read translations of mahasveta devi in "in other worlds" by spivak, which included "draupadi"(a re-working of teh mahabharata myth by devi) and stanadayini, or the breast-giver....loved them both.....must read them in the bengali original sometime later, since i always try to get hold of the original if i know the language, and in this case, it is my mother tongue, so....;-)

    id probably choose some po-co theory for my theory reqs, since i am a little conversant with gender theory, but will grab any course designed on gender theory if i get half a chance...

    regards,

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • oiseau_blanc

    oiseau_blanc says

    hi!
    am pursuing a phd in english...havnt yet decided whether to take a thoery or lit concentration, but am tending towards the theory one....

    u described ur feelings on reading penelopiad pretty well....;-)

    had to give a 5 min presenation today, and chose the equality-difference problematic that all feminsits have to nogotiate....

    and i love "daddy"!!! do read the mirror, the bee poems, and......well, ill never stop if i get started!!;-)

    been reading a lot of adrienne rich lately too! shes become my favourite...

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Sez, Michele

    Sez, Michele says

    Hi there, Nakupenda! I was just looking over the books. What a great combination and wide range of books we happen to have in common. Although there are only 8 some of them have been quite significant in my life - Things Fall Apart, Little Prince, The Curious Incident . . . etc. What fun!

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • oiseau_blanc

    oiseau_blanc says

    Hi!
    I was in transit so i cudnt reply earlier...have copme to the US to get a Phd and i reached yesterday...

    really enjoyed browsing thru ur shelf and reading ur comments....

    u should get back to woolf sometime,shez v good...
    and joyce is ur fave? i am in love with dubliners, and like portrait very much,but have not had the guts to read ulysses or finnegans wake....dont think im in a hurry to read these two books!:P

    n u didnt like the penelopiad? hmm,i guess its the greek factor, as u correctly pointed out! i wonder how i would take a shoddy reworking of indian myths...but i like atwood, and handmaid's tale is up there for me...and i found penelopiad funny and quite interesting...

    and i would look for the iron man by hughes, but i doubt ill fall in love with this guy....he cheated on sylvia!!:X am a little crazy abt plath, carried her complete poems halfway aropund the world to keep me co.!;-)

    nice talking to you, im sohomjit btw, as ull see on the mail id that gets sent on ur note alert.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Jaime C

    Jaime C says

    Actually...they did make a movie: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0861689/

    Thanks for the feedback on the book!

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • krissree2002

    krissree2002 says

    Awesome Eva! Thanks for your warm wishes right from the ancient Greece. As I write, the great histroy flashes in my mind. I am happy to have Eva as my first friend from Greece. Do share insights and as you share your books, you rejoice us here and you sure carry all the love and greetings from people there, sure we reciprocate the same. Keep in touch and I wait to be illuminated by your insights. Take care!

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )


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