School started and I lost my mind
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- But in a good way
(Czech speaker corner: I misspoke and said prosím when I meant promiňte. Both preferable to przepraszam to be honest)
Books not really mentioned: Ottessa's tomfoolery
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I’m mid-life and just started an undergraduate degree, so when you talked about being around a bunch of bright young things who are much more accomplished: oh yeah, I feel you. The 17 and 18 year olds in my classes are so smart and full of energy, and some of them have done so much already. I feel privileged to learn from them - but also very old, lol!
I’d love to hear anything you’d like to share about the reading you’re doing for your MA classes, it all sounds incredibly fascinating. And thanks for the Gospodinov recommendation too, his latest novel sounds right up my alley.
Hi, Jennifer! As an Ukrainian, I'm so glad to came across a foreigner on UA-cam who really cares about Eastern Europe and my country in particular. And I'm really interested in your school-related content and especially the way in which universities in the US are trying to deal with the war in Ukraine and dictatorships in Russia and Belarus.
As for the Polish language, the pronunciation is really hard to master, I struggle with that too.
Also thanks for normalizing not reading because of heavy workload.
I wish more booktubers raised this topic.
P.s. The mercats (it is even a word?) on your shirt are just precious💕
It feels so right that you're in this program, as if it fits you like a glove. Makes me feel like there's still some things right with the world :)
That's how I feel about it! It's all very "right" :)
I’m so happy to live vicariously through you re. this academic program. Polish language and literature is a lifelong passion for me so please talk more about learning Polish. I also studied some Czech but came at it after Polish, and tbh I think I could have saved myself a lot of pain by staying there! 😂 so I’m fascinated to know how you continue to find it. Thank you thank you thank you!
Thank you, and I'd love to hear any Polish book recommendations you have!
I like hearing you talk about books as well as school (which anyway has a link to what you like to read to some extent) so whatever you feel like sharing is fine by me, I like seeing "whole" people haha
I love hearing what you are reading for your degree! Glad to see you are enjoying it so much. ❤✨
This all sounds soooooo you and it sounds brilliant.
Thank you Simon! Hope you're having a good start to your fall 🍂
Your program sounds like an exciting mix of history, politics and literature!! And you look so excited about it, it's good to see :D tbh I would listen to anything you say about school or books or current affairs and be grateful for it...
So happy to see you !! And to hear you're currently enjoying yourself! My very important question is where did you get your top and is it pajamas? All the best for the next few weeks! I look forward to seeing you again !
Yes, it's pajamas and it's from this company! printfresh.com/collections/short-sleep-sets?page=1
They're VERY expensive sets so I basically get one every year and a half ;) They bring in new prints and colors all the time so I don't know if they have the mercats at the moment, but they may bring them back next year
I think hearing about your coursework is fascinating.
The Ottessa Moshfegh shade 😯
If you ever need any help with Polish, I'm your gal! I would love to help :)
You've definitely helped with Polish author pronunciation in the past so I'm more than happy to request your help again in the future!
OMG so cool you're learning Polish. Powodzenia ;) I've read two of Gospodinov's novels, Physics of Sorrow and Time Shelter. He's quite known here in Poland, blurbed by Tokarczuk and published by the same publisher here. I really like his writing although it's fragmentary and some stuff I just loooved and the other parts not so much. Definitely an interesting writer.
I've just bought Time Shelter and hope I'll find some time to read it before the end of the year. He's extremely funny and interesting and unassuming in person, which is always a nice bonus with an author :)
I'd love to hear about your time in publishing!
A previous career of mine originated with cold war era science education funding. Unpacking how gov't policy objectives have shaped education post-ww2 has to be a whole field of study in itself. Enjoyed the video and am definitely here for school or books or schoolbooks, which seems a likely possibility. 😄
Your classes sound so intense and fascinating. You're really in the perfect program for you. Recently I discovered a publisher in Brooklyn, Akashic Books, that has a collection of global noir. They are short story collections. I read Zagreb Noir--dark and twisty stories. There are ones on Moscow, Prague, Belgrad, Berlin. These might be good for you as a break from scholarly reading.
Akashic Books sounds great, thank you!
I was just thinking about you the other day when school was starting back up! I'm glad to hear you're so excited. It's also nice to see your kitties doing well in the background :3
I haven't made it back to Manhattan since our last missed friend date (mostly because it's been so hot and I haven't really been going outside) but maybe when the weather starts to get cool now we can get that coffee!! :) If you're not too busy with school of course.
Best of luck in the semester 💛
Yes, definitely let me know when you're back in the city and we'll actually make our friend date happen this time!
I hope your new courses will continue to be interesting for you and the workload will not take away the desire and joy of learning new things ^^
Your classes sound super interesting like a literary-political-language mash-up. People like you (I also have a work friend who recently finished a passion-lead Masters Degree) make me wish to go back to school myself but then I remember that I don't really want to go back to school xD
Funny to hear you describing Polish as sibilant - a lot of people have it grouped with Russian which to me is much more melodic and different sounding than Polish. I myself usually go with describing Polish as rustling and the fact that rustling in Polish is "szeleszczący" only further proves my point xD
I love seeing that you're doing well and I hope your face will greet us here from time to time
Good morning Jennifer, always a pleasure. I am in my pajamas and need to get ready for school myself, ha ha. So I won't be making a thoughtful comment on your classes just now. I will just say I always enjoy hearing you talk. Because of the hours I've spent bonding with you over hearing you talk books, it's just pleasant. Also, you are a beast, taking five and a half classes your first semester. All the best.
When you were talking about the history of regional studies programs being intertwined with government interests, I couldn't help but think about BABEL by R.F. Kuang! It's a historical fantasy that is all about the way academic institutions like Oxford were complicit in British colonialism - I think you would really enjoy it! Of course, you probably don't have time to read a 500+ page tome while in school, but just something stow away for the future! :) re: the channel, I personally love hearing about people's master's programs, what the cohort is like, and reading lists!! A lot of students assume other people don't want to hear about what they're reading for school, but I've discovered so many fascinating books I wouldn't have even heard about otherwise! So please talk about what you're reading for school! Thanks for another lovely video!
ps. Also very interested in your thoughts about how the reading landscape has changed since you've been on book tube!
All your classes sound so interesting!! I am reading Gospodinov’s last novel, which is strange in a good way, is about memory and change and time. For now I am enjoying it!
I would love more videos about your classes and about book and about all the languages you are learning… 👋🏻🥰
Cześć Jennifer ;) Good luck learning polish. I think it's the most beautiful language, but then, I'm Polish so...
Cześć i dziękuję! I agree that Polish is very beautiful, and I definitely need all the luck I can get 💕
That's fantastic that you started your master's! I just started my masters program in English this semester, and it's great so far
Congrats on starting your program! What aspect of English are you studying in particular?
@@InsertLiteraryPunHere Thank you! Well currently I'm in a CUNY school for this semester, and my plan is to transfer to NYU or Columbia next semester, and then I'll choose my area of study!
I would love to here about your time in publishing and the behind the scenes! Even if it’s good or bad! :)
The thing is, I'm not sure whether I'm looking to go back into publishing after school, which makes it tricky to be as candid as I'd like to be. But I can probably share some general observations without getting into all the ugly details ;)
@@InsertLiteraryPunHere true true 😆
I was in a road trip with my sister in Oregon and Nevada (and a bit of California) for three weeks. Back in France. Twice a month sounds perfect ! Even if one video isn’t scripted, just a chat about the classes what you’re learning and reading, the other books or events, documentaries, etc.
I’ve come upon old textbooks and printed e-mails I wrote in Bosnian/Croatian back in the old days. I have decided to study it again. I can still read Russian and would love to study Ukrainian 😊 As for Polish, congratulations because it’s tough ! I can recognize it easily because it sounds different. Câlins to your kitties ! And please let us know next time how the conference go ! Belarus 🇧🇾 is forgotten. Slava Ukraini
Can you do a vid on the difference's in the book awards. I've always loved the Pulitzer winners but can't find any other sure bets. The Bookers all seem strange, the Women's Prize winners are hit and miss (for me). What are they all looking for that the winners would vary so wildly?
I desperately want to know which books are on that Czech post-war lit syllabus 😄
Hodně štěstí!
Děkuju! Opravdu potřebuju štěstí ;)
Hello.👋 Have you ever considered to read Serbian writers of the twentieth century? 💐
I don't recall you talking about Milan Kundera or his books. I'd love to hear you review his books, should you read them.
Btw, good luck with the studies.
I read The Unbearable Lightness of Being years ago and loved it at the time; I'll be rereading it for one of my classes this semester and am curious what reactions I'll have this time around
are you reading any jewish czech women? i would love to hear about them !! also just like jewish czech authors & women czech authors if you dont read any who are both lol ofc ! 💗 im glad ur enjoying it & it's fascinating !! 💜💜
Haha good question! I don't believe any of the Czech women writers we're reading are also Jewish, but in January I'll be doing my annual round-up of all the books I've read from the region and I'll have the exact details at that point :)
@@InsertLiteraryPunHere aah great, i look forward to it !!
in ukrainian it’ll be перепрошую. pereproshuyu 😂
I'm already having these intrusive thoughts of "maybe next year I can take intermediate Polish AND introductory Ukrainian..."
@@InsertLiteraryPunHere you have Ukrainian in your university?!?
@@Nastya-uj9bg Yes, Columbia has a strong Ukrainian component of our program!
@@InsertLiteraryPunHere wow! I'm so used to being ignored by the western academia that I'm pleasantly surprised! I am watching Timothy Snyder's lectures right now and I thought that was the only Ukraine-related course in the whole USA 😀
@@InsertLiteraryPunHere well, I can always help you with you homework 😉
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