Reading Log: ‘Maus I & II’
Art Spiegelman's two-part graphic novel blends humor and pathos in such a natural way that the reader doesn’t even notice the transitions. Although I’ve read excerpts, I’d somehow managed to…
Reading Log: Asterios Polyp and the Literary Merits of Graphic Novels
I’m a big fan of graphic novels; one the the projects I’m working on right now is a collaborative effort that extends into visual narrative. I enjoy comic books (check…
Webcomics Roundup
In the style and delivery of my Podcast Roundup, (part one here: ) these are the webcomics you should be reading: Pt.1- Everyone should read these: http://xkcd.com/: Insightful and hilarious.…
Tennyson’s In Memoriam and Reading Old Editions
I read an old copy of an old poem. I was given this gorgeous anthology of Alfred Lord Tennyson’s work, an original Excelsior Edition published in 1880. The book is…
Reading Log: John Gardner’s Grendel
Grendel is the first full-length John Gardner novel I’ve read. I’m blown away. Go buy this book and read it now. Gardner gives voice to the Other (here the oldest…
Reading Log: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead -Tom Stoppard
I’ve seen far too few plays. Part of this has to do with where I live. I tend to default to reading them due to a lack of reasonable alternatives.…
Bookmark That
I usually read four or five books at a time. I’ve done this ever since I was around nine, when I got a public library card and realized that the…