“The Thing I Am”, Jorge Luis Borges
From The Paris Review online: I have forgotten my name. I am not Borges (Borges died at La Verde, under fire) Nor am I Acevedo, dreaming of battle, Nor my…
Poca favilla gran fiamma seconda
From The Paris Review online: I have forgotten my name. I am not Borges (Borges died at La Verde, under fire) Nor am I Acevedo, dreaming of battle, Nor my…
I previously blogged a shorter piece, adapted from this review, on Kafka and alternate history. Here is a full review of what was an enjoyable book to read, : “Kafkaesque”…
The whole point of #Inktober is to draw and share … which I have failed to do a) by not keeping up and b) by being not very good at…
I came across this wonderful photo by Fernandino Scianna on twitter: Jorge Luis Borges by Ferdinando Scianna pic.twitter.com/A8JSHHq98C — Daniel Brami (@DanielBrami1) May 30, 2018 It turns out that on…
I recently started this book by UCD Lecturer Annette U Flynn. Her biography is worth noting and outlines a winding if not forking path into academia: I grew up…
Happy World Labyrinth Day! : Celebrate the 10th Annual World Labyrinth Day on May 5, 2018 and join over 5,000 people taking steps for peace, ‘Walking as One at 1’ in the afternoon.…
. As I have recently written, I am reading a collection of Allan Massie’s Life and Letters columns from the Spectator, which is full of shrewd judgments. In particular there…
Do you want to see what human eyes have never seen? Look at the moon Do you want to hear what ears have never heard? Listen to the birds cry…