Notebook

At the start of each academic year, usually when I have known them for a week or so, I make … More

Lost notebook

An event of this magnitude Overshadows the destruction of the Berlin Wall And the troubles in the Caucasus. –Robert Rehder, … More

This is the second in a series of Guest Blog Posts that I am hosting this year. More are … More

I am taking a break from writing brand new blog posts over the summer. Instead of posting new work … More

Locus Scolus: The New York School of Poets is a thing of wonder and beauty. Named after a 1914 French novel by Raymond … More

The Book of Things, Ilhan Berk (Salt, 2009), trs. George Messo Open me anywhere § Slugs Pilot Hi V5, … More

Readers of this blog will know I have been thinking a lot about stationery recently. (Actually, that is something of … More

My blog post yesterday about the stationery thing provoked more responses than I ever imagined it would. Among the … More

At the start of each academic year, usually when I have known them for a week or so, I make … More

Towards the end of my treatment for cancer in 2006 I had one of the most profound conversations of my … More