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Workshop on Barth and Borges at Wordstock Festival (Portland, OR Oct. 3-6) | afriendofmymind
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Just another WordPress.com site. Workshop on Barth and Borges at Wordstock Festival (Portland, OR Oct. 3-6). A few weekends from now Liz and I will be flying up to Portland, OR for the Wordstock Festival. Where on Saturday (October 5) I will be reading with Don Waters. At 2PM, and on Sunday (October 6) at 4:30PM, I will be conducting a workshop titled, The Problem of Originality. As a preview, here’s a segment of the talk when given at the Univ of Neb Residency:. Roping, Winning, Losing, and Sam Peckinpah.
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Aggressive Sprinkling and Selfie Confusion: Evidence We Are No Longer Young | afriendofmymind
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Just another WordPress.com site. Aggressive Sprinkling and Selfie Confusion: Evidence We Are No Longer Young. In December I turned 35. Which is a hard number to lie to yourself about. 34, at least, can be referred to, perhaps erroneously, as early thirties. Early to mid. Liz, in January, turned 30, at which point her good-natured jabs about my debilitating old age in contrast to her everlasting youth came to a halt. Recent evidence that Liz and I are, indeed, not kids anymore:. LIZ: Then no, I don’t thin...
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Roping, Winning, Losing, and Sam Peckinpah | afriendofmymind
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Just another WordPress.com site. Roping, Winning, Losing, and Sam Peckinpah. A few nights back, Liz and I watched a documentary called Sam Peckinpah’s West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade. At one point in the film, the actor Michael Madsen discussed a favorite line of his from Ride the High Country. In which a character expresses his aspiration to enter [his] house justified. And while I have never seen Ride the High Country,. But now, with a wife and ten-month-old, whose securities and happinesses are m...
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