Literature
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Next Episode: The Epic of Gilgamesh
Sneak preview of the next episode in The History of Literature (a new podcast I’ve been asked to host)… I know there are a lot of good translations out there (and a lot of bad ones). I’ve found this one by Stephen Mitchell to be the best. But is a fresh new translation enough to… Continue reading
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It’s The Jacke Wilson Show! Life’s Unanswerable Questions, Part 2 (Episode 2.2)
ONE…ONE ONE…ONE ONE… IT’S THE JACKE WILSON SHOW!!!!! Our quest for a more professional sheen to the podcast continues with Life’s Unanswerable Questions (Part 2) – Another play for Bryan Cranston and Kate Winslet, the untold story of Joseph the beleaguered father of Jesus, a look at why we love when we know it hurts… Continue reading
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It’s The Jacke Wilson Show! Life’s Unanswerable Questions (Episode 2.1)
ONE…ONE ONE…ONE ONE… IT’S THE JACKE WILSON SHOW!!!!! Season Two! We’re off to a GREAT start with the new Jacke Wilson Show season. New producer, new studio…and a much more professional sheen. In episode 2.1 we cover Life’s Unanswerable Questions, as contributed by you, the listeners. Hope you enjoy the show! You can stream the… Continue reading
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Virginia Woolf on How to Read a Book
Via Maria Popova’s Brainpickings (of course!), we get this amazing overview of Virginia Woolf’s amazing advice on how to read a book. The whole post is worth reading, but here’s a taste: To read a novel is a difficult and complex art. You must be capable not only of great fineness of perception, but of… Continue reading
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Writers Laughing: Garrett Hongo
A grainy photograph but the personality comes through nevertheless. Happy Tuesday, everyone! Continue reading
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Writers Laughing: Gertrude Stein
Stein was stern. Photo after photo, the same expression. Dour. Fierce. Almost combative. But that’s not good enough for us, is it? We like laughing writers! And… here we go! Yes! Of course! The little dog on her lap (or maybe it’s the one up by her head)? One of them is making her… Continue reading
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Writers Laughing: Henry Miller
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Back to the Best! Most Popular Post of the Year #2
Okay, enough of the march (slide? plummet?) to the worst posts of the year… let’s get back to our climb to the top. So far the entries making the top five in the most popular posts have all been taken from the Objects series (the Coffepot, the Monopoly Game Piece, and the Keyboard). The suspense, if there has… Continue reading
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Writers Laughing: Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald
These two have haunted me for years. So beautiful. So doomed. Ah well, it’s good to see them laughing: And this – well, this is just fantastic: More blogging carnage tomorrow. Enjoy the writers laughing…until the twilight sets in… (How’s that for an onward and upward? Onward and upward…into the dying sun and the dark night of… Continue reading
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Today’s Comment of the Week: About Those Vampires…
Yesterday I posted about the Magic of Storytelling. Yes, I got a full head of steam going on that one (it happens!), and we definitely achieved liftoff. Fortunately, Wonderful Reader Rain, Rain was there to keep the post anchored in the comments. To make one of my points, I asked readers to fill in the blanks… Continue reading
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