Thursday, October 29, 2015

Felix Gilman: The Half-made World

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Felix Gilman:  The Half-made World This is the first book I've read by Gilman, and it's a great advertisement for joining book dis...
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Sunday, October 25, 2015

Octoavio Paz: Piedra nativa or Native Stone

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As I mentioned in earlier posts about Joseph Wood Krutch's Baja California , along with Eliot Porter's photos and Joseph Wood Krutch...
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Saturday, October 17, 2015

Eric Hoffer: conservatives and radicals

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Another quotation or aphorism from Eric Hoffer's The Passionate State of Mind. No. 21 "There is radicalism in all getting, and...
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Sunday, October 11, 2015

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: Second Edition, Quatrain LI

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This is another of the quatrains that first appeared in the Second Edition of the Rubaiyat published by Edward FitzGerald. Second Edition:...
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Friday, October 2, 2015

Ars Poetica

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Titles of fictional works, poems, films, and non-fictional works can't be copyrighted, so one frequently finds several works with the sa...
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Monday, September 28, 2015

Lawrence Durrell: "Lesbos"

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Another of Lawrence Durrell's enigmatic poems--I don't know why I read his poetry, but there's something there that fascinates m...
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Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Blog Problems

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Folks, Most recent and I hope the final update to the blog problem.  Cheryl, see her comment below, suggested allowing third party cookies...
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Sunday, September 20, 2015

Kenko: Signs of a well-bred person

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No. 56 How boring it is when you meet a man after a long separation and he insists on relating at interminable length everything that has ...
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Thursday, September 10, 2015

The Rubaiyat: Second Edition, Quatrain L

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Second Edition:  Quatrain L Would you that spangle of Existence spend about THE SECRET-- quick about it, Friend!    A Hair, they say, ...
Tuesday, September 1, 2015

The Scholar and the Cat, a poem

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The Scholar and the Cat                                        Each of us pursues his trade,                                        I a...
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Monday, August 24, 2015

Theodore Sturgeon: "It," a short story

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Theodore Sturgeon:  "It" As I began reading, I found myself doing something strange:  I was pausing more often than I usually do...
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Saturday, August 22, 2015

Harper Lee: Go Set a Watchman, conclusion

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Harper Lee:  Go Set a Watchman   Several days ago I finished Go Set a Watchman , and I can see why some would call it a mess, probably b...
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Thursday, August 20, 2015

Harper Lee: Go Set a Watchman, Pt. 2

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Harper Lee:  Go Set a Watchman I have now finished approximately two-thirds of the book.  It covers the period of roughly twenty-four hour...
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Sunday, August 16, 2015

Harper Lee: Go Set a Watchman, Pt. 1

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Harper Lee:  Go Set a Watchman I am now a bit over 1/3 of the way through the novel.  It is, as purported, an account of  Jean Louise...
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Friday, August 14, 2015

Wallace Stevens: The Night-Wind of August

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The Night-Wind of August The night-wind of August Is like an old mother to me. It comforts me. I rest in it, As one would rest, If o...
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Sunday, August 9, 2015

The Rubaiyat: 2nd Edition, Quatrain XLVIII

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This is another quatrain that FitzGerald introduced in his Second Edition and which remained through the succeeding editions. Second Edit...
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Monday, August 3, 2015

Anthony Powell: A Dance to the Music of Time--the dance is over.

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Sad to say, but I've finished Anthony Powell's magnificent work-- A Dance to the Music of Time.   The music has stopped, the lights ...
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Sunday, August 2, 2015

Some Short Stuff from the Early Greeks

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Just some short poems and aphorisms from pre-Christian era Greece.  Nothing heavy here. Fox knows many Hedgehog one  Solid trick. -- ...
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