Mail Bombs, MAGA hats, and The Genius of the Crowd
Sean MurphyCharles Bukowski has long been an easy target, especially for the insufferable and self-appointed insiders of the literary scene. Sure, the macho posturing (although this dude at least knew how…
Death of a Salesman and the American Dream
Burn all the political books and essays: trivia masquerading as analysis that mostly measures horse races and trends, at best attempting to make sense of what's already history; if you…
Routines, Rituals, and Writers
Winston Churchill famously remarked: “My vices protect me but they would assassinate you.” And he managed to achieve a thing or two in his time, decadent proclivities be damned. But…
Orwell, Kafka and Us or, It’s All Part of Der Process
Back in 2008 Roger Cohen wrote the following in the New York Times – the same newspaper that declined to use the word “torture” as a matter of editorial policy: Of the 770…
Curiosity Can’t Kill The Cat or, Art Becomes Life*
I. You Can’t Go Home Again, someone once wrote And he was wrong. Of course you can—all you have to do is never leave— Leaving it behind does not mean…
It’s All Part of Der Process
From Andrew Sullivan's invaluable blog (TheDailyDish), comes the following (quoted from Roger Cohen's typically sane and salient perspective--this one, here is must reading--via The New York Times): Of the 770 detainees…