The Street of Crocodiles
Where to begin in writing about The Street of Crocodiles by Bruno Schulz? It is a beautiful and amazing book …
Monthly Archives: January 2007
A Genealogy of Gods
Before I began Hesiod’s long poem Theogony, I wondered what it could possibly be about. I mean, what a strange …
Manic Monday
I skimped on my beauty sleep last night to watch the rest of Jane Eyre on PBS. I’m with Sylvia …
Emerson on Wealth
A few days ago I got a brand new copy of Emerson’s The Conduct of Life in the mail and …
On Reading More Than One Book at a Time
Yesterday’s post prompted lots of questions about whether I was really reading all those books I have listed as “In …
In Which I Begin Reading Yet Another Book
Because I was not in the mood for any of the books I have going at the moment I began …
Saved by a Meme
Just when I was beginning to despair over not having anything to post about tonight, Danielle and Sylvia saved me …
How to Live According to Hesiod
I finished reading Hesiod’s long poem The Works and Days. After the long retelling of the ages of the earth …
Movies, Books, and Mooching
Did anybody watch Jane Eyre on PBS last night? I did and I am not quite sure I liked it …
How to Become Powerful
Today’s Emerson essay is Power. In his essay on Fate, Emerson explained that power was made up of a combination …
