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Sorry seems to be the hardest word…
As by now tragic endings to movies are rare, I suggest happy endings for operas — or, at least, a post-mortem reconciliation to maybe render them more popular. It’s not so hard, is it? Jus… more →
random ranting
Lapham's Quarterly Spring 2013: Animals
wrote 2 days ago: [CATEGORIES: Literature, Lapham's Quarterly, Reading, Book Review] I finished reading this quarter … more →
Israel, Fantasy, Billy Budd, and Native Americans in NC
wrote 6 days ago: My total “goal points” still only equal 2 considering that instead of eating healthy foo … more →
Seafaring Tales
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Robinson crusoe rescues friday-1868 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) One thing about recovering from … more →
Guest author. Herman Melville
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wrote 3 weeks ago: I usually have a guest post on Fridays. Today isn’t going to be an exception. Only instead of bringi … more →
Kindle Direct Publishing
wrote 3 weeks ago: Some tech-savvy folks I know, hearing me gripe about restrictive word count limits, wholesale altera … more →
The horrors of Nazi Germany inspired Benjamin Britten's War Requiem, but it was his traumatic school days that shaped his greatest work
wrote 1 month ago: A new drama-documentary examines the origins of Benjamin Britten’s pacifism and traces his an … more →
Trailer of the Day: Beau Travail
wrote 1 month ago: Inspired by Herman Melville’s BILLY BUDD, BEAU TRAVAIL focuses on the lives of men in a small French … more →
Herman Melville
wrote 2 months ago: Author Rating: A Billy Budd, Foretopman (read 1981 and again 3/26/2013) Recommended I’m not su … more →
Ludus cum Dick et Jane
wrote 3 months ago: “Habemus papam,” read the shortest announcement on the website of what I’m pretty sure is the world’ … more →
Falsely Shouting Fire in a Theater: How a Forgotten Labor Struggle Became a National Obsession and Emblem of Our Constitutional Faith
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wrote 4 months ago: Did you ever wonder where the metaphor of falsely shouting fire in a theater comes from? Several yea … more →
Is an unstitched canvas stitched?
wrote 4 months ago: Yes, if it’s stitch painted! Here are 4 dazzling needlepoint designs by Barbara Bergsten from … more →
Interview With Glenn Langohr, Author of Prison Riot
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wrote 4 months ago: By BitcoDavid http://audiobookprisonstories.com/ While reading Prison Riot, I was struck by how simi … more →
Is Ahab, Ahab? The Free Will Debate
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wrote 5 months ago: Royal Doulton Ahab Jug I take it for granted that readers know that Catholics, evangelical Protestan … more →
The (Gentlemanly) Rochester Synod: 1984 in 1948
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wrote 5 months ago: What follows is an excerpt from chapter 8 of Hunting Captain Ahab: Psychological Warfare and the Mel … more →
Everybody's Righteous
wrote 6 months ago: Billy Budd is the titular character in Herman Melville’s final story. He’s d … more →
Line
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wrote 7 months ago: “Who in the rainbow can draw the line where the violet tint ends and the orange tint begins? Distinc … more →
Commonplace #2
wrote 7 months ago: I know this is a bit late, but having to post these every week completely slipped my mind.. Quotatio … more →
NaNoWriMo 2012 Planning Has Begun!
wrote 8 months ago: National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is a month away, and my novel planning has just begun. Firs … more →
The End.
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wrote 8 months ago: When finishing a book, you expect to find closure, solitude, peace. Beowulf started out as something … more →
