Ozeki’s “Book of Form and Emptiness” is filled with profound beautiful reflections about our relationship with books.
Monthly Archives: January 2023
Reading Our Way to Our Destiny
According to Ozeki, lit collaborates with us and helps us fulfill our destinies. The more you read, the more likely it is you’ll find the best books for this.
Ozeki Imaginatively Argues for Literature
Ozeki’s “Book of Form and Emptiness” makes an imaginative case for the continued relevance of books.
Three Beams Closing In and In on the Star
In Brodsky’s “Nativity Poem,” epiphany starts small but grows.
Is Kevin McCarthy a Macbeth? Nah
Is Kevin McCarthy like Macbeth? A little bit yes when it comes to ambition but more no.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged All the King's Men, Congress, Karl Marx, Kevin McCarthy, Macbeth, Robert Penn Warren, William Shakespeare Comments closed
The Grand Canyon, Abyss Sublime
18th century notions of the sublime are attempts to capture something as mind-blowing as the Grand Canyon, which I visited yesterday.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Mont Blanc", "Sublime and Beautiful", Bill Bryson, Boileau, Edmund Burke, Grand Canyon, James Boswell, Longinus, Percy Shelley, sublimity Comments closed
Clifton, the Sonora Desert, & Resilience
Clifton’s poem on the Sonora Desert does a deep dive into cactus symbolism
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "questions and answers", "Sonora Desert Poem", Lucille Clifton, Richard Shelton, Sonora Desert Comments closed
Fine Distinctions in Trumpian Grift
Tuesday While the House committee investigating Donald Trump’s January 6 coup attempt has focused its sights on the ex-president, its report has also looked at minor actors, both those who stuck with the president and those who have peeled off. One of my favorite posts over the past two years has been one applying A.E. […]
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Epitaph on an Army of Mercenaries", "Walrus and the Carpenter", A.E. Housman, Donald Trump, Jan. 6 Insurrection, Lewis Carroll, Mike Pence Comments closed
Zelensky as Hugo’s Enjolras
Ukrainian president bears a striking resemblance to Hugo’s Enjorlas in “Les Misérables.”
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Les Misérables, Russo-Ukrainian War, Ukraine, Victor Hugo, Volodymyr Zelensky Comments closed
