Category Archives: Literature

John Denver and Jonathan Livingston Seagull

A friend of mine sent me this and I am posting it without that friend’s permission but at least I scrubbed the identity. This is so awesome. It explains a lot if you knew the person.
“My first grade teacher insisted on reading us Jonathan Livingston Seagull. None of us had the vaguest idea what […]

David Sedaris Transcends the Hype

Last night, I took my dear mum to the Lisner Auditorium at my Alma Mater, GWU, to spend a night with David Sedaris. I bought us the super-fancy WAMU public radio tickets and we sat ten meters away from his lectern and kept us laughing for almost 2-hours. Brilliant. If you are on his list […]

Lord Byron Died at 36 and I am 37


Today is Aldous Huxley’s Birthday


The Myth of Sysiphus by Albert Camus


The Writer’s Center’s Open House


Poster for Kurt Vonnegut Visit to UEA Circa 1991


Blogs, Blogging, and the Blogosphere: Influence World Culture from the Comfort of Your Writing Room


A Blog of Your Own: How to Write Your World


The 10 Best Books of 2005 by the New York Times