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Zen, Crossroads and Robert Johnson 23 Aug 2013 | 11:31 pm
I was just reading a short essay from a book called, “The Mindful Writer, Noble Truths of the Writing Life” by Dinty W. Moore and came across these lines: So often, [the] ideal phrase or line of dial...
Charles Bukowski’s Obituary 23 Aug 2013 | 04:03 am
I was looking through the garage the other day at my father’s place and stumbled upon my college papers–lots of terrible undergraduate prose, newsclippings and other such odds and ends. In one box was...
On John Graves and “Goodbye to a River” 1 Aug 2013 | 03:05 am
I could wax all night on John Graves, just as I could Charles Bukowski. One a gentleman and a soldier, the other a drunken, fist-fighting postman. Neither have much in common except two things: I want...
You’ll Meet Your Demons Everywhere 9 Jun 2013 | 11:11 pm
I don’t read a lot of contemporary “literary” fiction. I find most of it otiose, self-referential and far too pre-occupied with the banalities of suburban white folks’ unhappy marriages. But every now...
Good Reads 26 Jan 2013 | 11:57 pm
The past year was a good year for reading. As in past years I try to read a book a week. This year I exceeded that goal slightly, having read 58 books. Much of that was due to rationing my internet in...
If I Could Rewrite Thoreau . . . 10 Dec 2012 | 02:02 am
. . . I would write him thusly: I went on the road because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I ...
Little To Post 2 Dec 2012 | 11:12 pm
I haven’t had much to say in the recent months. Not quite sure why, and I am surprised I have so little to say these days. Mostly I guess it’s because I’ve said what I wanted to. Then again, I do get ...
Homer Explains How We Ended Up With Kim Kardashian 13 Sep 2012 | 03:03 am
The Homeric texts–the Iliad and the Odyssey–are foundational texts regardless of how Westerners feel about them. They are much like the Ramayana or the Mahabharata in that they are troubling reminders...
Narrative is Dead, Long Live Narrative! 11 Sep 2012 | 06:08 pm
Question posed in the New York Times a few days ago: “If life is messy and unpredictable, and documentary is a reflection of life, should it not be digressive and open-ended too?” Simple answer: no. L...
West Nile Virus and Blue Jays 6 Sep 2012 | 02:00 am
The most common fatalities of the West Nile Virus are not humans, but birds. All too often since the virus entered the United States whole flocks of corvids have been eviscerated. This Blue Jay–from o...
