tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post4996365439862339810..comments2023-11-05T05:01:58.563-05:00Comments on Ward Six: Happy is the New DepressedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-80124346463459518342010-01-08T13:20:39.744-05:002010-01-08T13:20:39.744-05:00What a great resource!What a great resource!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-80816553406492177182009-08-03T07:54:23.196-05:002009-08-03T07:54:23.196-05:00Oh, those happy families are all alike!Oh, those happy families are all alike!jonhttp://lastbender.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-24845398531030986812009-08-02T08:54:38.044-05:002009-08-02T08:54:38.044-05:00I think they are meant ironically, but that "...I think they are meant ironically, but that "happiness" is still a subject, if you know what I mean. It's a kind of cultural obsession right now... <br /><br />I remember a professor telling me that Laurie Colwin's book was the only one he could think of, among books recently published, that was actually about happy people -- maybe she was an early adopter??rmellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133206908895131438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-91540158457465316492009-08-02T06:36:55.157-05:002009-08-02T06:36:55.157-05:00And Rhian, we both like Laurie Colwin's "...And Rhian, we both like Laurie Colwin's "Happy All The Time," or at least we used to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-26964640730076553742009-08-01T19:54:09.610-05:002009-08-01T19:54:09.610-05:00I suspect some of those titles are meant ironicall...I suspect some of those titles are meant ironically. <br /><br />When I think of "happy" I think about how my mother used to demand I "just be happy!" when I was a teenager but she didn't sound very happy when she was commanding me to be happy. I felt like saying, "practice what you preach!" <br /><br />I think there is a difference between happiness and something like contentment or satisfaction. I think happiness is harder to sustain on a daily basis and is an emotion that fluctuates more than either contentment or satisfaction.<br /><br />Not sure what all this has to do with literary trends, though.5 Red Pandashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625556395114591952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-5621907890816336932009-08-01T16:26:45.788-05:002009-08-01T16:26:45.788-05:00I'm not too sure I want to read about happy pe...I'm not too sure I want to read about happy people, so I hope some of those titles used the word ironically. I've been wondering about this a little myself lately, as I had an agent tell me my novel sounded "too depressing" (based on the synopsis). To each his own, I suppose, but when it comes down to it, I think unhappy people have more of a place in literature than happy people. I mean, let's face it, most happy people, in novels and in real life, are usually pretty obnoxious.k.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-2700968012088525682009-08-01T16:26:36.918-05:002009-08-01T16:26:36.918-05:00What do you say? Should I write a novel called &q...What do you say? Should I write a novel called "Shitty Trails To You"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com