Nice job Read for next week 246-346

Hey all:

So here I am in Tennessee and I find myself skipping presentations to read your blogs on House of Leaves. Let me first say that although this is an extremely tough book to read and one that I think is specifically based on a challenge--are you willing to strip away everything you know about literature and come follow the author down this long, dark hall to nowhere particular?--many of you stepped up and faced this challenge head on. I would start listing specific posts but they are just too numerous.

At the beginning of this class I asked all of us to be intellectuals in a very practical sense--to challenge your concepts about what you know about literature, your self and your world view by asking tough questions and I see this willingness to do so in your posts. So keep up the good work. I virtual thumbs up to you all.

However, there were some of you who have dropped off the face of this class? Hopefully you didn't open any doors to oblivion. This might lead ala Navidson to some very long tough days. It will also lead to a bad grade in this class.

I will keep going back to your posts but for next week I want you from 246-346. For those of you who are having trouble (which is all of us) keep pushing through--there are even a few long jokes that are, in my opinion, laugh out loud funny. But think about the posts that you and your classmates have written as you read through the next section. I will not promise you that things will become clearer but the ride is a good one.

ONWARD!!!!