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harold brodkey, “his son, in his arms, in light, aloft”
“in most social talk, most politeness, most literature, most religion, it is as if violence didn’t exist–except as sin, something far away. this is flattering to women. it is also co… more →
the vagabond
Antigone: What's Not to Love?
wrote 2 weeks ago: The name of Œdipus used to ring a vaguely familiar bell for me, but then an English professor attemp … more →
The Modern Literary Werewolf
wrote 3 weeks ago: The Modern Literary Werewolf The book is now available through both McFarland and Amazon! (shameless … more →
anyone's someone, someone's everyone
wrote 3 weeks ago: anyone lived in a pretty how town (with up so floating many bells down) spring summer autumn winter … more →
A Summer Morning in My Home Town
wrote 1 month ago: The engines hiss below ground in the hellish heat, still the platforms are alive for commuters who a … more →
Perfectionism? Baloney.
wrote 1 month ago: “If your fidelity to perfectionism is too high, you never do anything,” said David Foste … more →
To A Scholar
wrote 1 month ago: Patrick Moore performs ‘To A Scholar.’ You didn’t like me To dog-ear my pages. In … more →
I Can't Believe I Never Wrote a Poem About the First Time He Said He Loved Me
wrote 1 month ago: You would have said it back, too: If he was staring life at you Through the chilly Scottish air, Aga … more →
I'm My Own Platonic Soul Mate, Thank You Very Much
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wrote 1 month ago: Pull me in two, then, Why don’t you? I’m used to living in half. One side of my chin Sho … more →
Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
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wrote 2 months ago: Power, time, gravity, love. The forces that really kick ass are all invisible. Cloud Atlas is a diff … more →
What is A/S Reading? – No. 23
wrote 2 months ago: What is A/S Reading? Why serious things of course. (When we aren’t preparing for the Geek Love … more →
Gallows Humor, a "free and easy sort of genial, desperado philosophy"
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wrote 2 months ago: This weather is bringing out the dark humor in me. This morning, second day of spring and the sun wa … more →
The Looking Glass Wars - Frank Beddor
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wrote 2 months ago: Alyss is destined to become Queen of Wonderland… Until her parents are murdered. She flees to safety … more →
Harry Potter and the Three Way Fight- 1st draft
wrote 2 months ago: So, I cannot pretend to be the most knowledgeable person on the subject of the Three Way Fight. My b … more →
What does the magical world have to do with the Muggle world?
wrote 2 months ago: Once I began to formulate many of the thoughts that I am going to expound upon below, I began to do … more →
Midway, Wandering
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wrote 2 months ago: This year I will turn 30. This phrase is good to me right now, like fresh baked brown bread. To turn … more →
The Reading Life: Dublin, heroes, Revolution, and where to eat dinner
wrote 2 months ago: Last week Mel Ulm of The Reading Life invited me to do a Q&A on his website as part of his Iris … more →
Thoughts on Shakespeare's "Richard II"
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wrote 2 months ago: I see thy glory like a shooting star Fall to the base earth from the firmament. – II, iv Shakespeare … more →
Scepticism Inc. - Bo Fowler
wrote 2 months ago: A sublime satire on the lunacies of organised religion, a heartbreaking story of a doomed love, a no … more →
What is A/S Reading? – No. 22
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wrote 3 months ago: 2013 has been busy busy busy but chock full of plans guaranteed to excite! We’re hard at work … more →
