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“We see how marvelous the world is and how interconnected things are.” – Jorge Luis Borges, in the 1977 Buenos Aires lecture “The Thousand and One Nights”; published in Seven …
Jorge Luis Borges, Charles R. Larson, and Vartan Gregorian: Matters of Life and Death Read More »
August 24 marked 121 years since the birth of Argentine author Jorge Luis Borges. In most years since 2009, I’ve written about him around the anniversary of his birth. In …
Jorge Luis Borges and the Search for Knowledge in Uncertain Times 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 »
Last week, to honor the August 24, 1899 birth of the Argentine author Jorge Luis Borges, I wrote about 19 Eclectic Books for 119 Years of Borges. This week I …
“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 …
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 »
Jorge Luis Borges was born 118 years ago today, on August 24, 1899. The Borges Boom shows no signs of decline: his literary influence remains strong, he is quoted and …
The title of a recent Los Angeles Times piece by Hector Tobar says it all: “The Borges boom: he may be dead, but his legacy remains strong.” August 24 was …
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 »