Literature
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Infinite Jest, Longfellow Books
This, this so-called culture in which we struggle to thrive, is a theme and subject of Infinite Jest. (But there are ever so many themes to IJ.) Culture has been sold off. Corporate America bought it and ate it for lunch, between two pieces of Wonderbread. It is an appetite that knows no satiation and… Continue reading
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“What I really wanted was every kind of life…”
…yearn for the difficult. The common is just that, common. Continue reading
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“She spent her whole life trying to understand…”
But what got me was the concept of devotion to an idea as a life-long pursuit. Continue reading
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Moleskin Notes
A survey of things I’ve noted: “I tell you this not as aimless revelation but because I want you to know, as you read me, who I am and where I am and what is on my mind.” ~ Joan Didion, The White Album “There is no shortage of good days. It is good lives that Continue reading
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Reading list: 2009
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A Life in Terms of Fiction
The notion interests me that the ancient Greeks judged their philosophers by their lives, as well as their intellectual contribution. Kierkegaard noted that Socrate’s “whole life was [a] personal preoccupation with himself…” Likewise, Rembrandt made more than ninety self-portraits, far more than any other artist. One art historian, Manuel Gasser, wrote that “Over the years, Continue reading
...the house I live in... 