At the postmodern multi-perplex

by | Nov 4, 2017 | Blog, Essays

More screens but still nothing worth knowing (from the novel in progress A Republic of Books, more of which can be found elsewhere on this ethereal site)   What is to be done? It is the question that comes shortly after you have asked, ‘what part do I play?” And...

Notes in ink on the age of television

by | Jul 22, 2017 | Blog, Essays

The book of my lifetime had only a vague but passing resemblance to those made by the Dutch emigrant to England, Wynken de Worde—like a cousin whose mother might have had extracurricular interests. The paper, the ink, the typography, the binding, and the covers of the...

What’s all this, then?

by | Feb 28, 2017 | Blog, Essays

[A post-preamble to A Republic of Books, portions of which may be found elsewhere on this ethereal site.]   This is my chance, then, to cast myself in the hero’s role. I’ve been a humble author and bookseller for all these years. (Allow me my hyperbole—at least I’m...

notes on the revolution:

by | Aug 17, 2015 | Blog, Essays

an ongoing ramble Oh, the incorporate me.  The ‘corporation’ as it has been recreated in modern business and law represents a large portion of our current problem and a significant cause thereof. Oddly, interestingly, and contrarily, under our code of laws, you may...

Of ‘Children and Fish’

by | Jun 17, 2015 | Blog, Essays

I was just rereading the great Richard Mitchell essay, ‘Children and Fish,’ and thinking it was my favorite of all. It is a difficult choice to make, given my appreciation of the others, but certainly I have read it more often and find myself considering it anew with...