In an effort to promote the student literary magazine The Fall Line Review, Dr. Monica Young-Zook and Ms. Neecee Matthews brought local poet Georgia Me to campus last evening. She was entertaining: a spoken-word poet, a rapper without music. Her poetry was intriguing, but her stories were much more fun. She was about what I [...]
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These comments about Hemingway’s “Indian Camp” were forwarded to me from the Hemingway mailing list (Heming-L) by a friend. I thought, since my entry on this subject gets more attention than just about any other, I’d post them here. The email is signed only “Dan,” so if anyone knows the full name of the one [...]
Shenandoah Shakespeare Express
What a treat! I was able to see more theatre in the last two days than I have in the last two years thanks to Dr. Greg McNamara’s efforts to bring the Shenandoah Shakespeare Express’ “Rife with Mischief” tour to Macon State College for two performances and two workshops. I was unable to attend the [...]
Strindberg and Helium
There are really no words to describe Strindberg and Helium. I nearly fell off my chair laughing when I first saw these Flash shorts. I’d describe it, but it’s better if you just look for yourself. If you’re unfamiliar with August Strindberg, I recommend Miss Julie: “No! To be happy for — two days, a [...]
Ballard Web Site
Insomniac, I happened upon the J. G. Ballard web site this morning. It’s nothing but a collection of links, but worth exploring for any Ballard enthusiast.
Socialist sf/f
Via BoingBoing: China Miéville offers fifty works of fantasy and science fictions that socialists should read. Among them are two of my favorites: Mikhail Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita and Yevgeny Zamyatin’s We. Interestingly enough, also included are Moorcock’s Hawkmoon novels and Morrison’s Beloved. I would also add Herbert’s Dune and Heinlein’s A Stranger in [...]
That Damn Flood
I have always been curious as to why that damn flood episode is in Gilgamesh. I mean, it seems so out of place and disrupts the unity of the narrative. I know that Utnapishtim’s immortality and wisdom has to be explained (it does, right?) in some way, but do we really need the whole flood narrative that links the epic to its Hebrew neighbors?
