2009 does NOT feel like the end of a decade for me. Not the way 1999 did, but then all four numbers changed and it was the end of a century and there was Y2K, so that was a little different. But it just seems like 1-10 should go together instead of 0-9, because I [...]
Posts Tagged ‘books’
Hypothetical Conversation Between Me and an E-book Reader*
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged books, e-book readers, hypothetical conversation, literature, technology on December 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
*by which I mean the technology that reads e-books, rather than a person.
Amy: Die painfully and burst into flames, E-book Reader!!
E-book Reader: (swiveling an easy chair around and casually looking up) Oh. Hey, Amy. Whassup? I didn’t see you there.
Amy: Don’t try to be the bigger person here, E-book Reader; we both [...]
Pitches, man, Pitches
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged books, cultural theory, literature, little big, pride and prejudice, publishing, the magic ring, ulysses, watership down, writing on June 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’ve been thinking a lot about the business side of writing lately; of course, like any devoted ex-Liberal Arts major, I can’t but think any business of art a crude and unfortunate evil that causes my first-year poetry students–with the utmost of solemnity–to define Great Literature as *ahem* “whatever makes the most money.” Of course, [...]
Watership Down
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 2666, anansi boys, animal farm, books, children's literature, fairy tales, g. k. chesterton, gender issues, myth, political theory, pride and prejudice and zombies, richard adams, roberto bolano, the private life of the rabbit, watership down on April 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Finishing a truly great book causes such a contradiction in feeling that I don’t believe there’s anything else quite like it. Sad that it’s over, and happy it’s complete, and filled with the calm of any genuinely mind-bending experience but in a really fidgety way like you just need to talk to everyone about it [...]
