Essential Man

The Art of Manliness offers up its list of 100 Must-Read Books: The Essential Man's Library.  I'm not sure what an "Essential Man" is, but I will say the list is somewhat surprising and not just because it's not a list of the 100 best issues of Playboy.  For instance, I did not expect to see this book listed:

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

Arguably the best work from the ever-quotable Wilde, this novel is a guide for how to live a life of pure decadence. Packed with impeccable wit, clever one-liners and an excessive amount of egotistical vanity. At the very least, this book will show you the glory and the pitfalls of being the best looking chap around.

Also, I would have spent some time talking about this article, but I haven't gotten around to reading it yet.

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Comments

[Meg Sefton]

Hi writer of the Syntax of Things,

I came across your blog in researching a hit I had on my blog and saw we have a couple of friends in common from the lit world, though I haven't done the massive name drop you did. Frankly, I don't know as many people.

I've bookmarked your blog and look forward to following it. It's sort of like what I'm trying to do with mine, although I tend to get a little wordier. I'll be graduating with my MFA soon and feel sort of in a gray zone of "what next."

As you can see, if you stop by my blog, I tried to stop blogging, as a recent entry indicates. I cannot. No one told me it was addictive.

Meg