Misreading Roundup: Halloween Shows, Belgian Beers, Books
I used to do this thing on LiveJournal where I would regularly review random assortments of things that usually don't get reviewed...
Gateskeeping
Earlier this week, I started to think about what what we talk about when we talk about gatekeepers. Obviously, the discussion about...
Pairing: William Blake and Wu-Tang
Lately I've been thinking of the modern-day version of the shaman (appropriative and not) vs. the traditional figure of the shaman in...
Aiight at the Museum: A Review of the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History
This past week I got a chance to visit the new Steinhardt Museum of Natural History at Tel Aviv University. It was informative, visually...
Where You Living
With the exception of certain moments of punctuated reality, I usually act as if I am still in America even though America is someplace...
Living or Writing: On Philip Roth and Calling It Quits
Hearing the news of Philip Roth's death made me think of this old essay I wrote, but never did anything with. I'm publishing it here now...
In Bloom
It's spring—well, it is here in Tel Aviv—which means, for a little while at least, things are in bloom. There are plenty of flowers here...
Keeping Promises
While it made me feel very good to say that I would take five years worth of material and turn it into a publishable manuscript by the...
Another Year to Get the NEA
If you haven't heard about it yet, the president is once again proposing to cut funding for the NEA and a whole host of programs that...
The 2018 "It Could Always Be Worse" Tarot Misreading
On New Year's Eve 2016, in the wake of the disastrous election, I decided to do a 2017 tarot misreading using my Minchiate deck. For...