Al Sarrantonio’s “The Cult of the Nose” has been following me around all day. Appropriate, since the story is about a secret cult that shows up at massively traumatic events. People in catastrophic photos are wearing fake noses. The protagonist…
Distractions: July 2
Remember yesterday’s distraction about tweeting a reduced Declaration of Independence? NewsRealBlog has a problem with it. Supposedly, it’s further proof of our cultural decline. Did I mention this is David Horowitz’s site? Here is an article describing the intersection between…
Distractions: July 1
Twitter feeds. Let’s begin with LitCrit Hulk. Here’s a sample: HULK LIKE DUBLINERS. ANYTHING AFTER THAT MAKE HULK BRAIN HURT AND FEEL RAGE COMING ON. It pains me to credit genius to someone, as there is then less genius left…
Polysyllabic Spree: June 2010
Brandon, John. (2010). Citrus county. San Fransisco: McSweeney’s Rectangulars. Gordimer, Nadine. (1982). Six feet of country. NY: Penguin Books. Hartwell, David G., ed. (1989). The world treasury of science fiction. NY: Little, Brown and Company. Haug, Frigga. (1992). Beyond female…
Distractions: June 29
I’m not sure it qualifies as a distraction, since the series of interviews done by The Believer are writers talking to writers, usually about writing. Reading this stuff is necessary to be a writer. Meh. In any case, this morning…
Paco Pomet
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Strange Days Indeed
It’s not just me, or rather it’s not just me-reading-Zizek. These really are strange days. The Wall Street Journal ran a story the other day about the failure of free markets in an epistemological sense. The Wall Street Journal! It’s…
Librarians
Too funny, if only because it is so true… When Mr. Hibma pulled into the lot, he saw a fleet of cars adorned with Citrus Middle School parking stickers. He stepped around a bush and peeked in a window. Librarians.…
Glenn Beck
Sometimes, critique of ideology is just a matter of displacing the accent. Fox News’s Glenn Beck, the infamous Groucho Marx of the populist Right, deserves his reputation for provoking laughter – but not where he intends to do so. The…
Distractions: June 24
I am no longer sure ‘Distractions’ is appropriate. The summer gig is under way and that is the main distraction from my writing. But it’s not superfluous like a distraction is. It’s just a higher priority for the time being.…