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Good learning — vital learning — can happen anywhere at any time. You don’t need a classroom or the motivation of a grade or a job to learn about literature and poetry. A good thing to remember, even as I … Continue reading →

OK, getting ready to head for the West Coast for a couple days, and I wanted to post a quick note before hopping on the plane. It’s been a while! So the other evening I noticed a large number of … Continue reading →

There are several posts I’ve been mulling lately, but all of them involve doing some work, and now I’m sick. It’s this flu thing that’s been going around. All I want to do is lie there doing nothing. Food doesn’t … Continue reading →

Dale Smith reviews Susan Briante‘s Pioneers in the Study of Motion — haven’t read the whole review yet, but I’ve mentioned this book here before.

Here is an insightful interview with poet Hoa Nguyen on Bookslut; I mean insightful both in terms of the questions asked and the detailed answers given. I stole the link from Scott Pierce… Here is the new web site for … Continue reading →

No, it’s not the title of an Ernest Hemingway story. It’s one of those obvious but elusive discoveries I’ve made, one that makes you slap yourself in the head and say, “Duh!” I’ve been railing for years to anyone who’ll … Continue reading →