Despite 2018’s many local, national, and global catastrophes, it was a wonderful year for me, especially reading-wise. I read over…
Reading The Cantos
READING THE CANTOS I am not the only person in the United States reading The Cantos. I know because the…
Most Anticipated Small Press Books of 2018!
Like every year, there’s much to dread about 2018, and to fight against, but, fortunately there’s much to look forward…
My Year in Reading, 2017
I read two hundred books this year. Crazy, I know. “Suffering” from segmented sleep certainly “helps,” as does “suffering” from…
Barzakh
The literary magazine Barzakh has a newly designed website and has just opened a new reading period. Submit fiction, poetry, non-fiction,…
Dante 2020-6: Tower, Tree, Candle, & the Triumph of the Fragile.
The Divine Comedy has its end, after 3X9 spirals rendered in 100 evenly distributed cantos, and it’s about time my…
Dante 2020-5: the Intimate Erases the Monolith.
BIG OTHER, gracious blog, has been letting me post my ideas about Dante’s Divine Comedy. The basic question: Why should…
Dante 2020-3: Cleansing as Carnival, Tree as Anchor.
Twice in recent days, I’ve posted stages in a developing idea about Dante’s Divine Comedy. The work is coming up…
Dante 2020-2: Nothing so Claustrophobic as a Castle
A couple of days back, I posted the first of my thoughts about Dante’s Divine Comedy. With the 700th anniversary…