January 2009
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Faulknerian Nightmares
Oh so long ago now, I started a project where I intended to read all of William Faulkner’s novels in chronological order. I have had my ups and downs with this project, a few pit stops, but I have soldiered on. My intention was to attempt to get inside the writing: hear the voice, feel the rhythms and cadences, understand the sense of place and belonging that I felt in his work. I am not...
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The Great Poe Debate
The Great Poe Debate continues tonight with, well, The Great Poe Debate tonight at the FLP. Since Edward Petit, a writer and professor at LaSalle University, wrote an article , “We’re Taking Poe Back” (Philly is a very proud city) for City Paper two years ago, a literary debate has been sparked regarding which city: Boston, Baltimore, or Philly, Poe ‘belongs’ to....
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Evans Timeline Project
mr. twoumbrellas set up our family timeline. For the past few years around the holidays we take portraits of ourselves. This year we finally have a few pictures - Claire’s first! - to set up a website. We got the idea from Diego Goldberg’s Arrow of Time.