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There is a fine line between criticism and cynicism. Hitchens doesn't cross that line where some posters in this forum do. But back to the point of this thread.
You may need to just email amonkie to update the sticky if this thread doesn't take off, but I do like the idea of maybe doing an update every so often. I had kind of hoped that was going to happen when my thread was sticky-ed in the first place. Anyway, in the spirit of the endeavor I'll go ahead and add the following:
1) The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake; edited by David V. Erdman
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2) Paradise Lost; by John Milton
Though the latter was a reread from high school it had a real lasting impact on me this time. Both works are very humanistic and self affirming if you approach them from the correct angle. Kinda like Hitchens, I suppose.
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