Tag Archives: Literature

Austin enters Anthony’s navel with Harper Lee

Posted on April 22, 2017 by

Austin McMulin is one of those people who stopped me dead in my tracks the first time he commented on my blog, and I had to get to know him. Have a look in his voracious mind and past here, … Continue reading →

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Cruel and Unusual Publishing

Posted on January 27, 2015 by

I’ve been keeping a list of words I need to look up from David Foster Wallace’s 1996 Infinite Jest. Yesterday’s included erumpent, sedulously and egregulous — and sure enough, I got duped. Egregulous was made-up, and landed me on a website … Continue reading →

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The Airborne Toxic Event

Posted on October 15, 2014 by

To think we are nearing a precipice with regards to the media, Ebola, and public perception about the threat here in the States is mis-guided: the truth is, we are always on a precipice with the media, with panic down one … Continue reading →

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What happened to Brown

Posted on October 3, 2014 by

Brown didn’t really like baseball, but played in the Major League. He was white, had a mustache, and a pretty good build, for 40. He played outfield, which wasn’t the best, but still pretty good. Brown kept to himself mainly, … Continue reading →

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Flirting with the banal

Posted on June 6, 2013 by

James Joyce can describe a commonplace train commute as something wondrous. Shouldn’t it be? You can take pictures of trees and rocks or write poems about them. There aren’t special glasses for artists, though. You have to find the fruit … Continue reading →

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On Memoirs, Getting Lost in the Labyrinth

Posted on February 6, 2013 by

I’ve gone back to A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man for inspiration, this year. As I suffer through the exfoliation phase of writing and the need to purge my life through memoirs, I hope it will lead … Continue reading →

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