Sometimes I think about the argument I want to make in my dissertation and wonder if I believe what I’m saying. Doubt is largely a part of the dissertation process, I suspect, but it’s goo… more →
cabbageartandliterature wrote 2 months ago: Earlier this week, I mentioned two articles on romantic crime films that I’d written for the c … more →
demonik wrote 2 months ago: Dennis Wheatley (ed.) – Uncanny Tales 3 [# 37] (Sphere, 1976) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle – … more →
The Longest Chapter wrote 2 months ago: A few years ago, at some random point in my reading journey, an author or critic said he or she pref … more →
mcdanielarchives wrote 4 months ago: As I mentioned, the McDaniel College Archives is full of small treasures. In 1955 the New Windsor P … more →
adventuresandmusings wrote 5 months ago: At 856 pages, An American Tragedy is by no means a fast read. It took me over two weeks of diligent … more →
wildnewyork wrote 5 months ago: It may be one of the more grungy parts of Manhattan now. But around 1900, Broadway between 14th Stre … more →
livefreeordie wrote 5 months ago: JANUARY 30, 2009—A PLACE IN THE SUN will be shown in the Community Room at the Riverfront Center on … more →
Brady wrote 7 months ago: After three months and four hundred pages, I’m giving up on Theodore Dreiser’s An Americ … more →
livefreeordie wrote 7 months ago: Last night the Amsterdam Reads 2009 Steering Committee, of which I am part, announced the book that … more →
Henry Mortimer wrote 10 months ago: On September 12, the writer H. L. Mencken would be 128 years old. That’s not a particularly no … more →
dcairns wrote 11 months ago: “You know, I haven’t been out in a boat since I saw AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY.” ~ Grouch … more →
Crystal King wrote 1 year ago: What a terrible blogger I have become!! I go in fits and spurts with my blogging, just with my writi … more →
erc2008 wrote 1 year ago: Djuna Barnes was a poet, playwright, and novelist and a key figure in both Modernism and GLBT liter … more →
marklow wrote 1 year ago: Until I began writing with a confident style all my own, Theodore Dreiser’s prose was a sou … more →
blakewilson wrote 1 year ago: As mentioned before, Carrie is driven by the need for material possessions. She wants instant acces … more →
blakewilson wrote 1 year ago: Theodore Dreiser Originally uploaded by drxblog Carrie, an 18-year-old girl from C … more →
skunkcabbage wrote 2 years ago: Sometimes I think about the argument I want to make in my dissertation and wonder if I believe what … more →
skunkcabbage wrote 2 years ago: I’ve completed Donna M. Campbell’s fantastic Resisting Regionalism. It’s the kind … more →