Hayden Ferry review - Premier issue has an animal being hugged but the overlapping area missing. Another was the back of a human torso on a chair. Although one migh think that in this pose, the missing bent head of thinking man adds the energy to the pose, just the torso has enough raw energy to evoke response.
Beckian Goldberg's poems - Salvation, Birth.
William Olsen - eighteen species of hummingbirds
Candace Greenburg- 'waiting for the days of grace' poem recreates a day with her 'Maybe it was a day like this:' with multiple attempts to get a whole picture of it.
Contents
Net Galley Challenge
Monday, January 30, 2012
Worry wart
when baby is in too long
or out too late
Its like
waiting for the only
exam which is 5 days away
and then you are off home.
or out too late
Its like
waiting for the only
exam which is 5 days away
and then you are off home.
Saturday, January 28, 2012
On the road
Author Howard Frank Mosher in The Great Northern Express, writes of not just his journey in an OldsMobile to a 100 cities on his book tour but also of his life and the people in it - his wife, uncle Reg and students he taught.
His memoir has the simplicity of Jose Saramago's 'small Memories' as well as a story structure in each chapter. Some chapters have a neat ending to a story started in previous chapters, making a story happen over chapters.
Uncle Reg's and other characters phantom appearance and dialogue reads like a Prairie House Companion session.
In one of the chapters, 'Prof told us' and 'Prof said that' got annoying. Made me wonder if that chapter should have been with Prof as the narrator.
Author not minding being referred to as 'Harold' and his humorous way of looking at his cancer experience in trimesters and his big trip a big grant tour, maintains his light hearted tone even while trying to make a difference in the life of his students steering them away from mill jobs. Its an effortless one sitting book read.
The author asks 'But who would write the stories we were hearing everyday right here in the Kingdom?'. He has captured them well, the funny stories of hunting, representing the culture of the place.
If I had read any of the author's previous work, I could get more attached to the memoir.
I will compare this with Queen of the Road
His memoir has the simplicity of Jose Saramago's 'small Memories' as well as a story structure in each chapter. Some chapters have a neat ending to a story started in previous chapters, making a story happen over chapters.
Uncle Reg's and other characters phantom appearance and dialogue reads like a Prairie House Companion session.
In one of the chapters, 'Prof told us' and 'Prof said that' got annoying. Made me wonder if that chapter should have been with Prof as the narrator.
Author not minding being referred to as 'Harold' and his humorous way of looking at his cancer experience in trimesters and his big trip a big grant tour, maintains his light hearted tone even while trying to make a difference in the life of his students steering them away from mill jobs. Its an effortless one sitting book read.
The author asks 'But who would write the stories we were hearing everyday right here in the Kingdom?'. He has captured them well, the funny stories of hunting, representing the culture of the place.
If I had read any of the author's previous work, I could get more attached to the memoir.
I will compare this with Queen of the Road
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Cant complain
The kid above my roof
jumps like a baby in the womb
The other day I saw him
at the door upstairs
He's so little.
jumps like a baby in the womb
The other day I saw him
at the door upstairs
He's so little.
Overcoming Dyslexia
After a spate of books by parents on rearing disabled children - The Boy In the Moon, All I can handle, The Anti Romantic Child (yet to read), My Dyslexia too has the same reason for existence, only this parent too has faced the problem as his child.
Author Philip Schultz understood very late in life that he suffered from dyslexia when his son was diagnosed with it. In this book, he explains how his lack of understanding of his situation isolated him socially and thus the solitary conditions were ripe for his becoming a writer.
It is ironic that even though the author is not a good follower of his religion, his insecurity and complicated relation with it in writing lets others find a great spiritual meaning for other readers.
The author makes an interesting comparision between being a dyslrxic and a writer.
May be we can expect something like Just like someone without mental illness only more so from Eli Schultz.
Young scientist challenge
Author Philip Schultz understood very late in life that he suffered from dyslexia when his son was diagnosed with it. In this book, he explains how his lack of understanding of his situation isolated him socially and thus the solitary conditions were ripe for his becoming a writer.
It is ironic that even though the author is not a good follower of his religion, his insecurity and complicated relation with it in writing lets others find a great spiritual meaning for other readers.
The author makes an interesting comparision between being a dyslrxic and a writer.
May be we can expect something like Just like someone without mental illness only more so from Eli Schultz.
Young scientist challenge
Picking books
I have to chose two books in Immortal bird, What to look for in winter, Why be happy when you could be normal?, The great Northern express.
Being a sucker for travel writing, I will go with The Great Northern express. Have been reading lately a lot on children with problems growing. Will rest that feeling for a while. My Dyslexia is Philip Schultz's life with dyslexia. Immortal Bird is a double blow with a child having to surmount great challenges twice. I will be on the lookout for Why be happy when you could be normal?.
I have chosen What to expect in Winter. It seems a bit related to Fiction ruined my family.
Being a sucker for travel writing, I will go with The Great Northern express. Have been reading lately a lot on children with problems growing. Will rest that feeling for a while. My Dyslexia is Philip Schultz's life with dyslexia. Immortal Bird is a double blow with a child having to surmount great challenges twice. I will be on the lookout for Why be happy when you could be normal?.
I have chosen What to expect in Winter. It seems a bit related to Fiction ruined my family.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Organic poetry
In the foreword of On Poetry and Craft, Ted's views on how to revise poetry makes one look at a poem like an organic whole.
Carolyn Kizer refers to her poem The Great Blue heron revised by Roethke.
Poets Roethke admired - Louise Bogan, Leonie Adams, Ruth pitter
In The Heron, I like
The wide wings flap but once to lift him up, at once taking away the power from the heron described till now.
Carolyn Kizer refers to her poem The Great Blue heron revised by Roethke.
Poets Roethke admired - Louise Bogan, Leonie Adams, Ruth pitter
In The Heron, I like
The wide wings flap but once to lift him up, at once taking away the power from the heron described till now.
The Animal Connection
Cutmarks
Locard's exchange
Thermoluminescence dating
Grammar from lexicon
Bates Goodman paper.
expressive language at 200 words and grammar at 400.
Theory of mind
*********
Another breed - Lhasa Apso from a colleague.
Cutmarks
Locard's exchange
Thermoluminescence dating
Grammar from lexicon
Bates Goodman paper.
expressive language at 200 words and grammar at 400.
Theory of mind
*********
Another breed - Lhasa Apso from a colleague.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Twenty first amendment
A while ago I learnt that one of the restaurants could not serve alcohol as they didnt have the license. I wondered if it was an industrial area and the law didnt want workers intoxicating themselves. From Beverage control law, I figure, maybe that municipality has already used up its number of licenses in other restaurants.
Author Jay wexler in The Odd clause, explains the twenty first amendment and Original package doctrine in its relation.
Author Jay wexler in The Odd clause, explains the twenty first amendment and Original package doctrine in its relation.
How kids eat cupcakes
Today I learnt of Madhubani art.
A plate with two soft
white bread rounds
what sweet is this?
Something exotic like
rasmalai
A white chocolate cupcake
cut in two
with the colourful topping
devoured by the kid.
He made dragon with cups. I mistook it for a caterpillar.
A plate with two soft
white bread rounds
what sweet is this?
Something exotic like
rasmalai
A white chocolate cupcake
cut in two
with the colourful topping
devoured by the kid.
He made dragon with cups. I mistook it for a caterpillar.
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