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08/12/08 // Book:: The Silent Cry: A Novel by Kenzaburo Oë I have a feeling that this translation is not the best in the world (though as far as I know it’s the only). Oe gets quite a bit of praise for the poetics of his language, but I didn’t really …continue reading »
05/24/08 // Book:: Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges My first hands on with Borges… Absolutely amazing. So far beyond what I’ve been reading lately (mainly non-fiction and some late 20th century authors). As with Faulkner, I find it shocking that I was given an undergraduate degree in English …continue reading »
05/26/06 // Blog Post from Prague // Prague // Czech Republic: Four Minutes Thirty-Three Seconds “He tried to gather up and hold the phrase or harmony… that was passing by him and that opened his soul so much wider, the way the smells of certain roses circulating in the damp evening air have the property … continue reading » Topics: Architecture, Death, Europe, Holocaust, Human Rights, Memory, Round The World Trip, War
09/09/07 // Book:: As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner “I decline to accept the end of man.” — William Faulker in a speech to accept the Nobel Prize of Literature.continue reading »
03/26/06 // Blog Post from Death Island // Kampot // Cambodia: Midnight in a Perfect World I lounged for a while in the shallows letting the small waves lapped over my back while I studied the rock and shell bed that lay just under the surface of the waves, watching the stones and bits of shells … continue reading » Topics: Asia, Crabs, Death, Islands, Perfection, Phosphorescence, Round The World Trip
09/09/07 // Book:: Campo Santo by W.G. Sebald Sebald at his best: Death, destruction and memory obsessed over and exhumed in the light art, literature and nature, and, among other things, absurdity, paranoia and love.continue reading »
09/09/07 // Book:: First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers by Loung Ung A childhood survivor of Cambodia’s Pol Pot regime, Loung Ung’s memoir is rough and brutal but in the end hopeful about the world. As her site says, the book is about “the unnerving strength of a child.” Read it while …continue reading »
12/15/05 // Blog Post from Pashupatinath // Kathmandu // Nepal: Pashupatinath It was well past noon before I dragged myself out of the comforts of Thamel and caught a taxi to Pashupatinath. Nestled on a hillside beside the Bagmati River, Pashupatinath is one of the holiest sites in the world for … continue reading » Topics: Asia, Death, Nepal, Round The World Trip, Temples
10/15/07 // Book:: The Dead Father by Donald Barthelme Barthelme is one of a kind, one of those love him or hate him soft of authors.continue reading »
10/15/07 // Book:: Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond One of the most original ideas I’ve come across in recent memory, erudite and extremely well written for a "popular" science book.continue reading »
11/06/05 // Blog Post from Rue de Archives // Paris // France: Bury Your Dead I feel I’ve been neglecting the site lately, but I haven’t really done much worth writing about. The last two days I’ve been inside working on a new project. For those of you wondering how I afford this trip, well … continue reading » Topics: Bones, Catacombs, Death, Europe, Round The World Trip
10/15/07 // Book:: Suttree by Cormac McCarthy Though I do intend to get back to the Proust, I wound up one day with this novel in my hands and since I’ve been meaning to read Cormac Mccarthy for years, I thought why not. Although you could say, …continue reading »
02/24/05 // Blog Post from 28 Graves Ave // Northampton // Massachesetts: Farewell Mr. Hunter H Thompson I’m sure everyone has heard by now that Hunter S. Thompson committed suicide this past weekend. Like many I am saddened by Thompson’s decision to take his own life. I don’t for a moment pretend to understand why he did … continue reading » Topics: Death, Eulogy, Writing

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