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crossing the border

Some of what I listened to and read in August 2024

the stakes

It is no wonder that I would get a little cracked myself.

my untamable tbr piles

Some of what I read in June 2024

one year of romance

Most of what I read since May 2023

an interlude

Another year of my life has passed.

the loose, baggy monster

We should be suspicious of origin stories.

the blue whale

Some of what I read in April 2024

the nature of the fool

Is it a sign of his delusion or of his refusal to conform to the senselessness of his world?

the role of the critic

What does reading all these long, fictional stories do for me, or for anyone?

a romanticism of the real

I wished that I, too, could write a manifesto.

on looking, part 3

What is there to see, if all there is to see is paint?

slow and steady

Take your time.

on looking, part 2

The I that receives the work of art is much larger and not personal or even really mine.