Why reading slowly, especially War and Peace, should be practiced with solicitude, so as to fully appreciate the journey reading…
The books and films that I read and viewed during the month of July 2020, including The Life and Death…
On the phrase "hocus pocus," from Marina Warner's essay “Spellbound” on the book Drawing Down The Moon
George Floyd was killed | among twenty snowy mountains | the only moving thing was the eye of the blackbird…
An explanation of the cryptic subtitle of my site, namely, that I am an erstwhile flâneur.
A novel of religious devotion genuinely spiritual without falling into the mirthless repetition of ecclesiastical doctrine
During the unhappy month of May 2020 I read and viewed perhaps less than I have for some time because…
ONE MAN testifies to his unquenchable virility by spending late hours in bed reading and watching movies.
Idle reflections on The Leopard, by Giuseppe de Lampedusa, which narrates several events in the life and afterlife of a…
Amidst the struggles of the era of COVID, one man kept consuming films and books ... valiantly.
Early in the 2020 COVID pandemic, we "hunkered down" with our phones and devices, pathologically seeking information to momentarily pacify…
An elliptical reflection on the ruptures in time and history.
Some ideas are "sexy," ahem, because they baffle the imagination and excite the intellect (or vice versa). Rousseau's noble savage…
What I consumed during the month of February, in periodicals, novels, books, television shows, and films
A reading journal entry on Lázló Krasnahorkai's "book" The Last Wolf, which is really two small books.