tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post115430338086626727..comments2023-12-25T00:38:19.500-08:00Comments on Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): "Goodbye Cruel World..." Is Not An OptionSarah Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16534942492714970282noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-1154541430634501812006-08-02T10:57:00.000-07:002006-08-02T10:57:00.000-07:00I related deeply to Sylvia Plath and Dorothy Parke...I related deeply to Sylvia Plath and Dorothy Parker for years and years (I <I>AM</I> Marie of Rumania, incidentally), and that's why this book review really resonated with me. It obviously worried the reviewer -- but I know the place from which the author is speaking... it takes courage to say you've been there and to stand at the turnstile handing out flashlights and maps so that others can get out.tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-1154451171137135912006-08-01T09:52:00.000-07:002006-08-01T09:52:00.000-07:00I haven't read this either, but the descriptions o...I haven't read this either, but the descriptions of the book's approach remind me of Dorothy Parker's poem, Resume: Razors pain you; Rivers are damp;/Acids stain you; And drugs cause cramp./Guns aren't lawful; Nooses give;/Gas smells awful; You might as well live.<BR/><BR/>When I was a teenager, I carried this poem around with me like a secret. Sometimes it takes something pragmatic and witty and wicked to speak to the kind of pain Bornstein's trying to address. <BR/><BR/>Though some of those approaches do sound a bit too much like proto-serial killer behavior, which I really couldn't advise. :)<BR/><BR/>But still. I see her point.Serenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17173874326807156736noreply@blogger.com