You ever want to think about cool things and share them on the blog, but you can't? A busy week's kept away the Call of the Siren, and it's made me feel like the unhappy-looking lady on the right side of this Burne-Jones painting, Laus Veneris. I think we're both feeling the same thing, but … Continue reading Weary, weary, weary
Category: Books
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Banking on Banks
Cancer's a thief. It's not a stealthy one, though. In most cases, it doesn't sneak in and out of a window while the owners of the house snore in their beds. It's more like a robber with an extreme taste for vandalism -- it robs you of loved ones and leaves wreckage behind. Still, many … Continue reading Banking on Banks
Early Nabokov: new in bookstores
Plays are supposed to be performed, not read — that’s the rule, right? An acquaintance of mine once arched his eyebrows when I told him I was rereading Hamlet. "You’re not supposed to read Shakespeare," he said, rolling his eyes. (Ok, sure, but can you point me in the direction of a good, local production of … Continue reading Early Nabokov: new in bookstores
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