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Updike on Huck and Ishmael | Either This Or A Nap
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Either This Or A Nap. Kevin Fenton's Notes on Books and Reading and, When Necessary, Life. Updike on Huck and Ishmael. 8220;We [American readers] are accustomed to honest autobiographical shapelessness. Ishmael and Huck Finn are alike adrift on vessels whose course they cannot control, though waters whose depths are revealed with a shudder. . . .Our novels tend to be about education rather than products of it.”. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. Feed You can leave a response.
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My Friends | Either This Or A Nap
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Either This Or A Nap. Kevin Fenton's Notes on Books and Reading and, When Necessary, Life. I am fortunate. I have many interesting friends. Some of them keep public blogs: Moonlight Ambulette,. Mother Words: Mothers Who Write. And 30 Second Life. My friends have also published some good books. They include, so far: How Far Is The Ocean From Here. By Amy Shearn, Baghdad Express. By Joel Turnipseed, How To Believe. By Jon Spayde, Petal Pusher; A Rock and roll Cinderella Story. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
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Archives: 2010 November
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Either This Or A Nap. Archive for November, 2010. Jerks and Grown-Ups: David Mazzucchelli’s Asterios Polyp. November 28, 2010. The unsympathetic character drives authors nuts. You want to explore the full range of human possibilities but you also don’t want your readers to throw the book across the room while exclaiming, I don’t care about this jerk. Enter Asterios …. Part I" Some Boys: What Is Keith Richards For? November 7, 2010. Not fully engaged with. Too Much Of A Good ING: On Visiting An ING Café.
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Archives: 2010 August
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Either This Or A Nap. Archive for August, 2010. Everybody Poops. Including Astronauts. August 28, 2010. Thoughts On Space Travel, Books, and Other Antiquities. One side effect of being born in 1959 is that the very mention of the word astronaut makes me want to do push-ups while conducting a science experiment. Of course, I don’t, …. Upper Midwest and Upper Mississippi. Social Media and The Ant-Social Novelist–an essay in Dislocate. About my novel, Merit Badges (pub date: Jan 3, 2011). And i Would Be?
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Archives: 2010 July
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Either This Or A Nap. Archive for July, 2010. A Serious Man and Sensitive Skin. July 25, 2010. You would think that the Book of Job meets the Wonder Years would make a pretty interesting movie, especially in the hands of the Coen Brothers, who have shown a bracing disregard for human sensitivities. You can almost imagine the …. I’ve Got A Click Mind: The Shallows, Deep Media, and Five Questions. July 10, 2010. Well, most of us suspected, and now an article in. Upper Midwest and Upper Mississippi. By Caro...
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Everybody Poops. Including Astronauts.
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Either This Or A Nap. Everybody Poops. Including Astronauts. August 28, 2010. Thoughts On Space Travel, Books, and Other Antiquities. One side effect of being born in 1959 is that the very mention of the word astronaut makes me want to do push-ups while conducting a science experiment. Of course, I don’t, but that’s hardly John Glenn’s fault. And even when the astronauts are subjected to the debriefings of grown-up books and serious films, they’re still pretty cool. (See. And the wonderful documentary I.
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Some Boys: What Is Keith Richards For? Part I
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Either This Or A Nap. Some Boys: What Is Keith Richards For? November 7, 2010. As a seventeen year old enamored of dope and Jack Daniels and let’s just say. Not fully engaged with. The curriculum at Winona Senior High School, I had one opinion of Keith Richards. As a fifty-one year old who hasn’t picked up a drink or drink-equivalent in a couple of decades, I have a somewhat different opinion. It’s not as simple as loved him then/hate him now. Oddest of all: Richards was somehow a role model. Of cour...
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Archives: 2010 January
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Either This Or A Nap. Archive for January, 2010. The IPad, Naming, and Not-So-Fresh Thinking. January 29, 2010. It’s good to know that the that’s what she said school of cultural criticism is thriving. Evidently the pad in iPad. Some wags to think of feminine protection products. Of course, pad could also make them think of bachelor …. It’s Really Really Complicated: Thoughts On Big Love. January 22, 2010. Note: Some plot spoilers. It’s also perfect for intelligent long …. The Sounds of Solstice. My name...
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Archives: 2011 November
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Either This Or A Nap. Archive for November, 2011. The Prince of Cathedral Hill. November 18, 2011. Albert our beloved greyhound arrived in the world on October 27, 1998. He arrived on our doorstep in August of 2003, having raced in Portland and Phoenix as Smoking Albert, having once covered 300 meters in 17.2 seconds. He left …. Upper Midwest and Upper Mississippi. Social Media and The Ant-Social Novelist–an essay in Dislocate. About my novel, Merit Badges (pub date: Jan 3, 2011). And i Would Be? Either ...
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I’ve Got A Click Mind: The Shallows, Deep Media, and Five Questions
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Either This Or A Nap. I’ve Got A Click Mind: The Shallows, Deep Media, and Five Questions. July 10, 2010. A mental life increasingly devoted to skimming electronic screens teeming with links and interrupted by beeps might not be ideal. Who knew? Well, most of us suspected, and now an article in. Has confirmed those suspicions. In a preview of his book. And, whatever legitimate concerns we have about unauthorized disclosures, digital media are inherently public media. We need private media. I recently wen...