Literature
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Tuesday, August 7th, 2007A good friend had recommend that I should try the Harry Potter books. I was very dubious to say the least (anything loved by the masses has to suck), but now that I’m half way through the first one I must say that the books are indeed quite good, quite entertaining, quite imaginative, and just […]
Book burning
Monday, May 28th, 2007
CNN: Bookstore owner burns books in protest
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (AP) — Tom Wayne has amassed thousands of books in a warehouse during the 10 years he has run his used book store, Prospero’s Books.
His collection ranges from best sellers, such as Tom Clancy’s “The Hunt for Red October” and Tom Wolfe’s “Bonfire of the Vanities,” […]
My new favorite theologian
Sunday, January 21st, 2007
Theodore Parker Web Site
I discovered Theodore Parker via the book The American Transendetalists: Their Prose and Poetry (a paperback from 1957 that I found in a used bookstore). The book had his sermon The Transient and Permanent in Christianity (one heck of a sermon that got him ostracized by the Unitarians of his day […]
Favorite Books of 2006
Sunday, January 21st, 2007
I was inspired to make this list after reading Time Magazine’s 10 Best Books article (thanks to DeathbyUlysses for the link)
Here’s my list of books I read in the last year that I found to be particularly moving…
1. The Dharma Bums - by Jack Kerouac
2. Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia: How the Whole World […]
A new literary blog
Wednesday, January 17th, 2007
Death By Ulysses - a brand new blog by my friend Kimberly
I’m really stoked about this because about half of my favorite books have been recommended to me by her in the past. This blog will definitely be going in my blogroll.
What I’m reading right now
Saturday, September 9th, 2006
Right now I’m reading The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac, which has been a delightful (yet occasionally disturbing read). I’ll post more thoughts on it later when I finish it, but let me go ahead and post this little snippet that I found particularly delicious…
“Give me another slug of that jug. How! Ho! Hoo!” Japhy […]
Book Review: Animal Farm
Sunday, August 13th, 2006
Wikipedia: Animal Farm
I just finished George Orwell’s Animal Farm and was struck by the story of how power corrupts, even when it originates out of a beautiful revolution (the case of Cuba is a perfect example… a glorious revolution to free the people of tyranny turns tyranical when Fidel becomes poisoned by his own power).
I […]
What I’m reading
Friday, December 30th, 2005
I read Wendell Berry’s short story “Pray without ceasing” (found in his book Fidelity: Five Stories) yesterday morning and it has really stuck in my mind, in fact I would say it may be my new favorite of Berry’s works. Such an incredible story of genuine love and forgiveness within the context of the most […]
What I’m reading
Saturday, December 24th, 2005
One of the several changes that are currently happening in my life (which I talked about in my last blog post) is that I’ve decided to devote more of my life energy into the pursuit of the beautiful, and one way I intend to do that is by reading more fiction.
I know that seems like […]
Some hope with the sadness
Saturday, November 29th, 2003That last post seems a bit bleak to me on further thought, so I want to tell about some of the good news that is going on right now.
I have been reading an excellent book (Ideas for Action: Relevant Theory for Radical Change by Cynthia Kaufman — btw, thanks go out to South End Press […]