Saturday, June 27, 2009

Paul Lawrence Dunbar--"We Wear the Mask"

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The following information is from the Wikipedia entry about Paul Lawrence Dunbar: Paul Laurence Dunbar (June 27, 1872 – February 9, 1906) ...
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

The Rubaiyat: Quatrain XI

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This quatrain is probably the most often quoted, and also, the most often misquoted, quatrain in The Rubaiyat . FitzGerald, again, made so...
Sunday, June 21, 2009

Jerzy Kosinski's _Being There_, novel and film

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I had seen Being There many years ago and was intrigued by it. Recently I found a copy of the novel by Jerzy Kosinski , so I thought it w...
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Saturday, June 20, 2009

The Summer Solstice

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Today is the Summer Solstice Shortest summer night. . . In early morning, lamps still Burning on the bay - Shiki -
Sunday, June 14, 2009

The Rubaiyat: Quatrain X

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According to A Book of Days for the Literary Year , "Poet and translator Edward FitzGerald (the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam ) dies at 74 ...
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Saturday, June 13, 2009

Basho's eight nameless little hills

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Translations frequently pose problems for some readers of works that aren't written in the language of those involved, whether it be a l...
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Thursday, June 11, 2009

Philip K. Dick: A SCANNER DARKLY--novel and film

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The SF/F book discussion group scheduled Philip K. Dick's ( PKD ) A Scanner Darkly as one of its selections. I had just learned of the...
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Sunday, June 7, 2009

John LeCarre's The Spy Who Came In From The Cold, the novel

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Back in April, I posted some commentary on the film version of Le Carre's The Spy Who Came In From The Cold . At the end, I wondered ...
Friday, June 5, 2009

Robert Frost and Thomas Hardy: Design or Hap?

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Thomas Hardy was born June 2, 1840, so I began thinking about him and his novels and poetry. One poem that emerged in my reverie was a favo...
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Sunday, May 31, 2009

"A Noiseless Patient Spider" by Walt Whitman, My nomination for The Official Internet Poem

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Since Walt Whitman was born on this day in 1819, I thought it only appropriate to suggest that his poem, "A Noiseless Patient Spider,...
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Monday, May 25, 2009

Kurosawa's _Yojimbo_ and Dashiell Hammett's _The Red Harvest_

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This commentary is the result of not following one of the most elementary rules for discussing books or films or art or any of a variety of ...
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Sunday, May 17, 2009

Dostoyevsky and Poe: Perversity

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One of Dostoyevsky's most unusual works is Notes From The Underground . It was the selection for a book discussion group on Yahoo-- 19...
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009

The Rubaiyat: Quatrain IX

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1st Edition: Quatrain IX But come with old Khayyam, and leave the Lot Of Kaikobad and Kaikhosru forgot: Let Rustum lay about him as he will,...
Thursday, May 7, 2009

Gene Wolfe: May 7, 1931---

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Gene Wolfe, fortunately for us, is still writing. I consider him one of the best writers working today--sometimes in SF, sometimes in Fanta...
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Sunday, May 3, 2009

Greg Benford: Great Sky River, Galactic Center 3

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Great Sky River is the third book in Benford's Galactic Center series. The first two novels, see earlier posts on In The Ocean Of Nig...
Monday, April 27, 2009

The Spy Who Came In From the Cold: the film

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The Spy Who Came In From The Cold is based on the novel of the same name written by John Le Carre'. I haven't read the novel yet,...
Wednesday, April 22, 2009

The Rubaiyat: Quatrain VIII

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First Edition: Quatrain VIII And look--a thousand Blossoms with the Day Woke--and a thousand scatter'd into Clay: And this first Summe...
Monday, April 20, 2009

P. D. James: The Private Patient

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P. D. James' most recent novel is The Private Patient . It is as enjoyable as her previous mysteries featuring Adam Dalgliesh of the Me...