Those notecards? My book, in sum. On each ruled side [not pictured], the first and last sentence of a…
Challenging your patience for thematic effect
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The Dividing Line, the Defining Meals: Kafka Sermon Final
For a few days here on Big Other, now while we’re still in soul-shot of Passover and Easter, I’ve been…
The Sister, the Lover, & Skepticism: Kafka Sermon #2
A couple of days ago, here on Big Other, I posted my first round of thoughts on one of Kafka’s briefest…
The “Fabulous” vs. the “Struggle:” Kafka Sermon #1
ON PARABLES Many complain that the words of the wise are always merely parables and of no use in daily…
Your Basic Bore, or “The Literature of Exhaustion”
Look: I read the Bible when I was ten, the whole thing. I don’t remember much. The reading was…
Review: Issue 0!
Issue 0 of Review, “THE CREATION MYTH OF THE DIGITAL UNIVERSE,” is here! Rejoice. FICTION Visiting Writers – Ravi Mangla…
Some few thoughts on facticity
You know the difference between plain old “sci-fi” and “hard science fiction”? One’s boring. Nah. I’m just joking. The…
Exits Are: An Interview with Mike Meginnis
“A conversation is a journey, and what gives it value is fear.” So says Anne Carson. Exits Are is a…