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 ‘literature’
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, [...]
I should have gone to art school
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged jobs, literature, school on September 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Earlier this week I got rejected from a job because I was “too smart.” I’m going to take an epic pause at that before I continue.
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So. Any further educational endeavors are currently on hold for reasons of sanity; I am tired of stalls. I want my life to start; the sooner to discover what that [...]
