Monthly Archives: May 2010
Taibo’s Four Hands
The beauty of it all was managing to weave it all together in a braid that would move through time and space. (273) I consider Four Hands by Paco Ignacio Taibo II to be my best discovery from the secondhand
Taibo’s Four Hands
The beauty of it all was managing to weave it all together in a braid that would move through time and space. (273) I consider Four Hands by Paco Ignacio Taibo II to be my best discovery from the secondhand
A Growing Pile of Unread
I find it funny that unread rhymes with undead because it seems to suggest that the unread books are only half alive. These books only come to life when one opens them and actually read them. So here are some of
A Growing Pile of Unread
I find it funny that unread rhymes with undead because it seems to suggest that the unread books are only half alive. These books only come to life when one opens them and actually read them. So here are some of
Not a Matter of Opinions
Revolutionary politics is not a matter of opinions but of the truth on behalf of which one often is compelled to disregard the “opinion of the majority” and to impose the revolutionary will against it. Slavoj Žižek
Not a Matter of Opinions
Revolutionary politics is not a matter of opinions but of the truth on behalf of which one often is compelled to disregard the “opinion of the majority” and to impose the revolutionary will against it. Slavoj Žižek
Italo Calvino’s take on Taste, Hearing, and Smell
Under the Jaguar Sun is my first book by Italo Calvino, the Italian fictionist that has been much recommended to and highly anticipated by me. According to some sort of preface, Calvino originally planned a novel that puts together narratives
Italo Calvino’s take on Taste, Hearing, and Smell
Under the Jaguar Sun is my first book by Italo Calvino, the Italian fictionist that has been much recommended to and highly anticipated by me. According to some sort of preface, Calvino originally planned a novel that puts together narratives
This is all Sound and Fury, Signifying Nothing (Really Substantial About Winterson’s Sexing the Cherry)
What strikes me about reading Jeanette Winterson’s Sexing the Cherry some time ago is my immediate reaction to it. However acclaimed, formally innovative, deconstructive and politically correct Winterson’s novel is, I still found myself not liking it that much. Imaginative
This is all Sound and Fury, Signifying Nothing (Really Substantial About Winterson’s Sexing the Cherry)
What strikes me about reading Jeanette Winterson’s Sexing the Cherry some time ago is my immediate reaction to it. However acclaimed, formally innovative, deconstructive and politically correct Winterson’s novel is, I still found myself not liking it that much. Imaginative
Asleep in the Sun: A Peculiar Love Story
“I was looking for a rest cure and in some way I realized that for man there was no better rest cure than plunging into animality.” (158) Who are we? Who are the people we love? These are the questions
Asleep in the Sun: A Peculiar Love Story
“I was looking for a rest cure and in some way I realized that for man there was no better rest cure than plunging into animality.” (158) Who are we? Who are the people we love? These are the questions
My First Day in Chile for the Global Voices Citizen Media Summit
At last! I’m finally here in Santiago, Chile for the Global Voices Citizen Media Summit 2010. After some delays due to some snags in my flight itinerary, I finally flew all the way through Singapore, Tokyo, Frankfurt, and Sao Paulo
My First Day in Chile for the Global Voices Citizen Media Summit
At last! I’m finally here in Santiago, Chile for the Global Voices Citizen Media Summit 2010. After some delays due to some snags in my flight itinerary, I finally flew all the way through Singapore, Tokyo, Frankfurt, and Sao Paulo
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