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Jennifer Schuessler’s super-interesting New York Times post, David Foster Wallace, Self-Help Reader inspired several reading journeys based on the work, life and death of the author who committed suicide in …
David Foster Wallace, Jorge Luis Borges and Self-Help: a Potent Mix Read More »
Yesterday marked the 111th anniversary of the birth of the author Jorge Luis Borges, who died in 1986. Penguin has been releasing a series of collections of his poetry, prose …
Seemingly random discoveries are part of the pleasure of reading the work of Jorge Luis Borges, and of reading about him. The latest is my discovery of a feature in …
The Imaginations of Keith Tyson and Jorge Luis Borges Read More »
I have been a big fan of the Argentine short story writer/essayist/poet Jorge Luis Borges since his fiction was assigned by Professor Charles Larson for an undergrad literature course in …
Jorge Luis Borges and Harvard: Encountering Your Younger Self Read More »
“The fact is that each writer creates his precursors. His work modifies our conception of the past, as it will modify the future.” – Jorge Luis Borges, Kafka and His …
Last September, I wrote about ‘10 Blue-Sky Beginnings For Fall 2021.’ This new post covers a variety of strategies that honor the even-tougher-than-expected times we are living through, especially compared …
10 Eclectic Strategies for Thriving in Winter 2022 Read More »
The ideas and influence of Jane Jacobs, the urban activist/theorist/author who died at 89 in 2006, continue to be relevant long after her death. I wrote about this phenomenon in …
Life after Death: The Staying Power of Jane Jacobs Read More »
Although I’m not teaching my class at Catholic University Department of Library and Information Science this semester, what follows is a modified post based on one from earlier this year, …
7 Self-Development Strategies for the Fall 2018 Semester Read More »
My teaching semester at the Catholic University Department of Library and Information Science ended last August and I’m not teaching this semester. But I’m revisiting the opportunity to tap into …
5 Blank-Slate Beginnings for the Spring 2018 Semester Read More »
My teaching semester at the Catholic University Department of Library and Information Science ended last month and I’m not teaching this semester. But I’m taking the opportunity to tap into …
5 Blank-Slate Beginnings for the Fall 2017 Semester Read More »