Think Piece: Fahrenheit 451

I have begun teaching Ray Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451″ to my ninth grade high school students. It is interesting teaching this book realizing that all of the students in the room (from varying international backgrounds) have been raised with more advanced and “faster” communication technologies than I could have dreamed of when I was their age. [...]

William T. Vollmann: 8 Audio Links (Interviews/Conversations)

A working list of William T. Vollmann audio pieces drawn from various websites. I have not listened to all of these interviews/conversations in their entirety yet, so cannot vouch for which one is “better” than the other. With that said, as always, if you know of any Vollmann audio links that I have missed, please [...]

Five Quotations for Your Learning Pleasure (Selected by Your Humble Editor on a Rainy Tuesday Evening)

You will see throughout this blog, quotations from a handful of thinkers that I admire and learn from. The following are five selected quotations for your learning pleasure. Perhaps, one or more of these quotations will help you along with your day or stick with you and re-emerge when the time is right or ripe. [...]

Lady into Fox by David Garnett: Thoughts for Consideration

David Garnett’s 1922 novel, reprinted by McSweeney’s, Lady into Fox is the tale of a one Mr. Tebrick, who, upon out walking with his wife one day, finds to his surprise, that she has transformed into an animal, a fox. From this, we follow Mr. Tebrick as he struggles to preserve (keep) the humanity of [...]

Quattro Poesie di Mattina

the morning creeps aching in your foot to the beginning of another situation, a new task, a set of masks to don. I awoke feverish in the after-glow of night visions and now staring down an imagined trajectory of this day’s unfolding chaos. Brought close, brought too close – you always sleep when I awake, [...]

A Book Before Bedtime (Six Aphorisms for Contemplation)

THE RABBIT HOLE: Reading is a collaboration between author and reader, the shared creation of another world – a world that could be, but isn’t. THE MELDING VOICE: The more time we spend with those authors, the more they penetrate us and we end up finding their voices among our own voice. INFILTRATION: Reading a [...]

Denis Johnson: Two More Audio Pieces (Readings + Conversation)

Two more Denis Johnson audio pieces have come to my attention. 1. The first, readings from The Incognito Lounge, Jesus’ Son, and more, was generously introduced to me by the artist behind the website, Horse of Bone. It is an hour long reading well worth listening to. The audio file can be found by following [...]