Book Review: “Stories from the Center of the World: New Middle East Fiction”Western readers wanting to learn more about life in what we call the Middle East would benefit from this collection (ed. Jordan Elgrably…Jan 23Jan 23
Using a Large Language Model to Workshop a NovelStrictly personal and subjective observations on the process.Jan 19Jan 19
The Endurance of Paul Goodman’s Thought, Often in Spite of His WritingMost readers have probably never heard of him, but Paul Goodman’s impact on the sixties’ counterculture — and thus on our own time — was…Jun 21, 2024Jun 21, 2024
“Eichmann in Jerusalem” and Our Failure to Appreciate NuanceA few words on the tribality of evilJun 9, 2024Jun 9, 2024
When Our Need to Belong Goes All Wrong: What Hannah Arendt Says About LonelinessHannah Arendt ends The Origins of Totalitarianism — a book about the most anti-human form of government in history — on a deeply human…Jun 1, 2024Jun 1, 2024
Thanksgiving at the Malcolmson’sModeled on the Cyclops episode of Joyce’s “Ulysses”May 18, 2024May 18, 2024
Book Review: “The House on Mango Street” by Sandra CisnerosForty years after its publication, it’s still as powerful and relevant as ever.May 15, 2024May 15, 2024
