Monthly Archives: November 2009

…but other than “generic Japanese twenty-something pre-slacker” I wouldn’t be able to point him out in a line up. I find that odd. Continue reading →

…one character sits reading a National Geographic article on giant squid (an animal no human has ever seen alive) in a location that most people are only ever introduced to via the National Geographic Society’s magazine. Continue reading →

Berdache being the Indian word for “holy man who fucks with men.” Continue reading →

A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT / Norman Maclean. 1976. (115 pgs) First Sentence:  “In our family there was not clear line between religion and fly fishing.” Prevailing Narrative Voice: A single, first person narrator initially speaking from many years later, … Continue reading →

A young boy describes his early years, the betrayal and murder of his family, being ripped from his tribal home, sold as a slave and gelded (which is different from becoming a eunuch). Continue reading →

…is a narrative of broad strokes via dialogue and description spoken not just by one, but for several… Continue reading →

“We slept in what had once been the gymnasium.” Continue reading →

Love and a good story. And music. Continue reading →

“You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings.” Continue reading →