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Well, What Do You Know?
2007-10-21 03:23:00
I?ve been thinking a little these past few days about knowledge. Don?t worry, I?m not talking some serious discussion of epistemology or anything like that. But the idea of the general knowledge... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Men, Muses, and Masculinity
2007-10-16 17:40:00
While in the midst of sorting through an interesting intersection of ideas related to gender, I ran across a very insightful essay by the poet Clare Pollard, printed in the current issue of Magma... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

An Interesting Intersection
2007-10-15 03:43:00
This past semester has been a little stressful for me, but it has also provided for an interesting intersection of ideas in my own thinking. There were two courses, both of which I’ve taught before,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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What if...?
2007-10-13 07:37:00
There?s a challenge to writing this post. The thing is, because I?ve been thinking about speculative fiction recently, this writer comes to mind, and so I want to highlight his work. I am hoping it... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Poetry of Edwin Morgan
2007-10-11 07:38:00
In my recent posts, I?ve been thinking about speculative fiction and poetry that is closely akin to speculative fiction. Some months back, I wrote about Edwin Morgan on my old blog. Morgan is one... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Sam?s Dot Publishing
2007-10-10 16:10:00
In the comments on a recent post, I got to talking with Malcolm about how genre can do harm to a writer beginning the submission process, at least if the piece is pitched for an inappropriate genre. ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Music of the Future
2007-10-09 17:11:00
Call me old-fashioned, but in many ways I am still much more tied to the music of my growing-up years than I feel I can ever be to the things you find coming out today. Perhaps that is true for... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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The Postman
2007-10-08 18:56:00
David Brin?s novel The Postman might be best known to most readers as the book upon which the movie was based. And, again for most readers, that might not be the best endorsement, considering that... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

After the Fire
2007-10-06 07:04:00
During the summer, I finally got around to reading a book I?d picked up a few years ago called After the Fire , by John Lockley. I remember the day I bought it, standing at a stall temporarily set up... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Speculation
2007-10-05 08:06:00
I recently visited a place that keeps a bookshelf set aside for bookcrossing. I first heard about Bookcrossing.com from another blogger, and have had a good time ?setting books free? after... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

4 Books Battle: Shakespeare Resources
2007-10-03 17:09:00
I?ve come across a blog that hosts the 4-Books Battle . Here?s how it works: a blogger reads 4 books, then writes a post reviewing each one. Each book, when reviewed, will receive a ranking (out of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Good Advice for Bad Blogging
2007-10-02 04:11:00
I?ve been tagged. Merry got tagged before me. By wordvixen. So now it is my turn. And I give you, here, all my best advice on bad blogging. Of primary importance is a desperate need for... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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The Troubling Question of Genre
2007-09-30 18:31:00
More importantly, though, I think genre sets up certain expectations for us when we engage with a text. I have used the example in the past of the film The Break Up, which I think is a bit of a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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I False?
2007-09-29 07:12:00
Imogen?s description for what Posthumus had momentarily seemed to be, ?a villain? (ln. 48), is an interesting choice of words. She later again speaks of his ?villainy? (ln. 56), stating that it is... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Importance of Garments and Dress in Cymbeline
2007-09-28 08:36:00
In my previous entry, I wrote about the conventional use of cross dressing and disguise on Shakespeare?s stage, especially in the comedies. While Cymbeline was originally grouped with the other... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Cross Dressing and Disguise on Shakespeare?s Stage
2007-09-27 11:08:00
Cross dressing is a favorite device on Shakespeare ?s stage, particularly in the comedies. It is a device that seems to serve many functions. There is the obvious use as a plot device, which is to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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In My Completely Objective, Unprejudiced, Fair-Minded, Unbiased, and Humble
2007-09-26 07:01:00
This post originally appeared on the first blog site that I ever kept, which is apparently now defunct. I might have reposted it on another blog or something elsewhere after that, but as it is one... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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