by danielbpatton | Aug 17, 2007 | Uncategorized
Alan Wall’s A Defence of the Book, and especially it’s ongoing comment parade, make for interesting reading. It takes the debate to the summer of ’07 anyway: I tell you this pendulum swings like the stock markets nowadays. (For context, read more...
by danielbpatton | Jul 11, 2007 | Uncategorized
The New York Times recently poked its head into the offices of several novelists and discovered—or maybe reaffirmed—that we’ve come a long way since quill and well.
by danielbpatton | Jul 28, 2006 | Uncategorized
PoemHunter.com includes works by Neruda, Angelou, Hughes, Silverstein, cummings, Bukowski, Northover, Plath, Whitman, Dickinson, Frost, Poe, Shakespeare, and hundreds more. Currently, the site claims “106,831 poems from 11,602 poets, 39,210 Songs, 1,323 Artists,...
by danielbpatton | Jul 20, 2006 | Uncategorized
There’s no such thing as life without bloodshed. I think the notion that the species can be improved in some way, that everyone could live in harmony, is a really dangerous idea. Those who are afflicted with this notion are the first ones to give up their souls,...
by danielbpatton | Jul 14, 2006 | Uncategorized
Now I’m not a book reviewer by any means. I don’t consider myself particularly well-read, but I’ve got my favorites. I was introduced to Tim O’Brien early in my college career, and have returned to his books periodically. Critics tend to like...