Carrie (1974) is Stephen King's first published novel. King has commented that he finds the work to be "raw" and "with a surprising power to hurt and horrify". It is one of the most frequently banned books in U.S. schools[1] and the film version was banned in Finland. Much of the book is written in epistolary structure in the form of newspaper clippings, magazine articles, letters, excerpts from books, etc. Brian De Palma created a film version in 1976.
Book of the month May: WORDS HEARD BY ACCIDENT OVER THE PHONE (poem) by Sylvia Plath
Words heard, by accident, over the phone
O mud, mud, how fluid! --- Thick as foreign coffee, and with a sluggy pulse. Speak, speak! Who is it? It is the bowel-pulse, lover of digestibles. It is he who has achieved these syllables.
What are these words, these words? They are plopping like mud. O god, how shall I ever clean the phone table? They are pressing out of the many-holed earpiece, they are looking for a listener. Is he here?
Now the room is ahiss. The instrument Withdraws its tentacle. But the spawn percolate in my heart. They are fertile. Muck funnel, muck funnel -- You are too big. They must take you back!
i did it!!! you helped me see!! thank you!!! i played last nite and it was so much fun! evry1 shut up while i was playin and that is a good sign! i thought of you the whole time! you are my rock, i swear! miss ya! hope to see you again soon!!!
had a blast hangin with you 'kids today;) thanks for being such a great person! i can only hope to be as wonderful as you one day;) i will send you the pics as soon as i get home! love ya! ^B^
i am so fucking jealous. i have to make it out west this summer or i AM going to die! if i don't get to sit in a big fucking tree soon i will scream...i am still swearing to whatevah!
