63. And that will take up a thousand hours of energy. — Jack Kerouac, letter to Allen Ginsberg 126. Nevertheless you still charge words with meaning mainly in three ways, called phanopoeia, melopoeia, logopoeia. You…
63. And that will take up a thousand hours of energy. — Jack Kerouac, letter to Allen Ginsberg 126. Nevertheless you still charge words with meaning mainly in three ways, called phanopoeia, melopoeia, logopoeia. You…
“I see that all of my work amounts to nothing, that my ten volumes aren’t worth anything!” —Guy de Maupassant, after reading The Death of Ivan Ilyich David Barsamian: You had something in mind in…
“I see that all of my work amounts to nothing, that my ten volumes aren’t worth anything!” —Guy de Maupassant, after reading The Death of Ivan Ilyich David Barsamian: You had something in mind in…
Natalie Goldberg, Thunder and Lightning: Cracking Open the Writer’s Craft 30 September 2000 It’s clear to me today, anyway, that my Holy Contour of Life book will be a structure like Natalie’s: short, compressed, easy…
My name is Andrew Ivers and I will be giving a talk about the news industry inspired by Reporter, the recently published memoir of investigative journalist Seymour Hersh. He’s probably best known for unearthing the…
On Adam Zagajewski, Another Beauty We find comfort only in Another beauty, in others’ Music, in the poetry of others. Salvation lies with others, Though solitude may taste like Opium. Other people aren’t hell If…
Jessie Sarber and Savannah Sisk are moving to Minneapolis at the very end of July for a new adventure. Jessie will be starting a PhD in Culture and Teaching at the University of Minnesota, and…
Please take a look at this video by Legacies of War. It will require 2 minutes and 40 seconds of your time. Next, consider, Thich Nhat Hanh’s 4th precept of the Tiep Hien Order: Do…
I was rereading Edward Said’s Reflections on Exile and Other Essays, which is a great collection of essays on literature and culture with exploration of the experiences of dislocation, exile, migration, and empire as well…