That Anne Carson, the new Nobel Prize winner, blurs lines/categories in literature was a surprise. I read with interest that she writes "novels in verse, essays that read like poems, and poems that read like philosophy." My book is similar (it blurs lines too). Wow!
Copies of my book have arrived! I received the box earlier today. Excited to have my book finally! Thank you to the publisher!
I could not believe the improvements. My work paid off. I saw publishing potential. (Note that the original paper was prepared in a hurry. Later, I was on a break - not taking/enrolled for classes.). Papers for publishing could be made public.
Past blog post: The work to publish my papers
https://fahmeenaodetta.blogspot.com/2026/06/paper-for-publishing.html
I was busy reading up on Hemingway. I found quite a few of his poems online. In other news, a book on simple winning caught my attention. I thought it was unusual.
My comment on the book:
This seems like a good book. The topic surprised me.
Simple is not a bad word. Simple is necessary sometimes. Simple may be a good place to start. Add complexity later. I remember the perfect competition model in economics (reminds me of Lipsey). It is simple on purpose - the assumptions reduce the complexity to lead to a much better understanding of markets. Simple could lead to better understanding.
Simple is associated with less detail (maybe glossing over details sometimes) and the removal of important options/nuances. There is a negative connotation.
It is interesting that I will be compared to Ernest Hemingway (as I mentioned in my previous post, I am channeling his work - I like the idea of combining stories and poems). I am fairly new to Hemingway's work. I did not examine Hemingway's work in high school or college. I found an interesting blog post on his writing. His thoughts on competing with other writers were interesting:
Compete with the dead [writers] you know are good. Then when you can pass them up you know you’re going good. You should have read all the good stuff so that you know what has been done, because if you have a story like one somebody else has written, yours isn’t any good unless you can write a better one.
In any art you’re allowed to steal anything if you can make it better, but the tendency should always be upward instead of down. And don’t ever imitate anybody. All style is, is the awkwardness of a writer in stating a fact. If you have a way of your own, you are fortunate, but if you try to write like somebody else, you’ll have the awkwardness of the other writer as well as your own.
I am up later than normal. I wanted a cup of tea but had to go with a cup of coffee. I am enjoying it. I am working on my stories and poems on President's College (channeling Ernest Hemingway). I am thinking through things I learned at the school.
