I found the Communist Manifesto on the list of free ebooks available on Kindle, so naturally I downloaded it, and read it on my smart phone. I’ve read it before, and each time I’m struck by how right on the predictions of captitalism’s demise is, and by the naivete of the solutions offered. Maybe naivete … Read more
are fun enough. Here’s one of this blog, for example: ….the text of the book I’ll be reading from the next two weekends, Following Ghosts Upriver: and then, A Treasury of War Poetry Ed. by George Herbert Clarke (via project gutenberg): And Keat’s Endymion: and what the hell, here’s The Waste Land: Makes me neural … Read more
Not sure “prompt” is the right word, but “principle” doesn’t fit; what I mean is an overarching scheme that helps me both generate and organize an artistic project. For example, a narrative idea is one, a thread of a story that will help me write to see where it leads while also causing the writing … Read more
I take comfort in the fact that I have more books than I could ever read, that more recorded music exists than I could ever listen to, but somehow that fact makes me rather sad at the same time. No wonder I’ve watched the internet blossom with a mixture of delight and apprehension. Weirdo music … Read more