On the second series edition of the Arden Shakespeare’s “Antony and Cleopatra”, both this particular 1991 printing as well as on the content more generally
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Delicious December 2023: Read, Watched
The greatest hits of the last month of December: Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra, Broken Code by Jeff Horwitz, My Darling Clementine by John Ford and Memories of Murder by Bong Joon-Ho.
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- 2024-01-06
- Idle Reflections
Nihilistic November 2023 Reading and Writing
Greatest hits include the 1942 film “The Glass Key” and the 1993 film “Groundhog Day” and reading Schelling and reading Schiller.
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- 2023-12-02
- Monthly Reading, Viewing Report
Ominous October 2023 Reading/Writing
Little aliens deeply impressed by the British Invasion arrived in Philadelphia, begged me to read and watch through October.
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- 2023-11-02
- Monthly Reading, Viewing Report
Pride and Prejudice, the Movie Tie-In Edition
Purchased the Movie Tie-In edition of “Pride and Prejudice” to my profound moral chagrin
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- 2023-10-22
- New Acquisitions
Scintillating September 2023: Reading, Writing
Greatest hits of September: the charming memoir “Family Lexicon” by Natalia Ginzburg, Luchino Visconti’s “The Damned” and then “The Seven Ups”
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- 2023-10-01
- Monthly Reading, Viewing Report
Reading Aloud: Ben Lerner’s “The Rescue”
Reading aloud a poem published in the New York Review of Books September 21, 2023 issue.
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- 2023-09-24
- Idle Reflections On Literature, Books Reading Journal
Listless July/August Reading/Writing
Reflecting on these reminds me of how great "Germany Year Zero" and "The Player" really were. Also, "Yoga" and Henry James.
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- 2023-09-09
- Monthly Reading, Viewing Report
Dull June 2023: Reading, Watching, No Writing
Greatest reading and watching hits of June 2023 included “Men”, “Sword of Doom”, “Heat”, “Merry Wives of Windsor”, and “The Anniversary Party”.
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- 2023-07-03
- Monthly Reading, Viewing Report
“An Ideal Craftsman”: Psychological Horror from Walter de la Mare
“An Ideal Craftsman” follows a young boy down to the larder, happening upon a crime scene.
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- 2023-06-17
- Idle Reflections On Literature, Books Reading Journal
Piranesi: The Etchings
Detailing the purchase of a less puerile, more dignified Taschen volume collecting the etchings of Piranesi, the article and exhibit inspiring these.
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- 2023-06-04
- On Literature, Books New Acquisitions
Sumptuously Reading, Watching, Viewing: May 2023
Reading 15th- and 16th-century lit and watching contemporary, 21st-century film. Greatest hits: Heat (1995), Montaigne, Shakespeare (immer wieder).
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- 2023-06-03
- Monthly Reading, Viewing Report
Strata: William Smith’s Geological Maps
Not long ago I ordered "Strata: William Smith’s Geological Maps" lighting a fire of memory and reflection
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- 2023-05-15
- New Acquisitions On Literature, Books
31 Days Sub Specie 16th-17th-Century-Aeternitates
For 31 days I read from 16th- and 17th-century literature, most notably including Montaigne’s "Essais" and the metaphysical poets. Snuck in some Shakespeare.
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Rereading Shakespeare, Borges; then reading stories by Walter de la Mare. Re-watching two films by David Lynch—neither being “Blue Velvet” nor “Inland Empire.”
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- 2023-05-01
- Monthly Reading, Viewing Report