a travelogue
Photos, books, links and writing related to authors
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05/23/06
Prague // Prague // Czech Republic
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The grave of one Franz Kafka.
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05/23/06
Prague // Prague // Czech Republic
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05/23/06
Prague // Prague // Czech Republic
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bizarre and fitting monument for franz kafka. If you'd like to read about Kafka see my related posting: Four Minutes Thirty-Three Seconds.
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05/03/06
Thet's House // London // United Kingdom
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The Globe Theatre
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05/03/06
Thet's House // London // United Kingdom
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The Globe, much like it was in Shakespeare's day.
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10/13/08
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Literature Map
Very cool “map” that clusters authors by some sort of algorithm. Pretty impressive results and I found quite a few authors I’d never heard of that sound like they’d be worth a look. I wish it had some links to …continue reading »
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12/23/07
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Bookworm Interview with David Foster Wallace (‘96)
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11/08/07
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Man Booker Prize Shortlist To Be Free Downloads
Frankly I’m surprised they got the publishers to agree to do this, given that industry’s consistent lack of understand of digital media. Of course I’ve never really met a Man Booker novel I actually liked, but hey maybe the shortlist …continue reading »
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10/15/07
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Doris Lessing Wins Nobel Prize in Literature
Finally. From the New York Times: Ms. Lessing learned of the news from a group of reporters camped on her doorstep as she returned from a visit to the hospital with her son. “I was a bit surprised because I …continue reading »
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09/23/07
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The Braindead Megaphone by George Saunders
George Saunders has a new one out entitled The Braindead Megaphone. Doesn’t take much to imagine what that’s referring to. Jason Kottke put up this excerpt from the title essay: Last night on the local news I watched a young …continue reading »
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08/14/07
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South Park Creators Animate Talks by Alan Watts
Apparently Trey Parker was at least partly raised as a Buddhist, which, in this country, when Parker was young, meant encountering the work of Alan Watts. Years later, Parker and Matt Stone decided to do some animation for some of …continue reading »
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08/03/07
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David Foster Wallace Parodies Contest
The Howling Fantods, a David Foster Wallace fansite recently held a DFW parody contest with some truly great entries. You can check out the finalists by following the above link, but here’s an exceprt from the winner, entitled “RE: The …continue reading »
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07/31/07
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The Languid Bazaar of Lawrence Durrell’s Alexandria Quartet
Lawrence Durrell’s Alexandria Quartet doesn’t get nearly the attention it deserves, it’s an absolutely amazing portrait of Egypt in the 1940s. Here’s a great little essay from The American Scholar about re-encounter both the successes and failures of Durrell’s four …continue reading »
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07/31/07
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Peanuts by Charles Bukowski
Dead-on and Hilarious.continue reading »
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07/27/07
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Kings of the Road
A book I’ve been meaning to read for years, Jack London’s The Road. From The Nation: “In 1907, exactly fifty years before Jack Kerouac’s On the Road reached the New York Times bestseller list, Jack London — then one of …continue reading »