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Twist Turn Buzz
Epictetus may for a single passage in The Enchiridion sport the title of camp philosopher. As proof here I quote from the translation by Thomas W. Higginson in the Liberal Arts Press edition. If anyone tells you that a certain … Continue reading
Mirror and the Other
Poet Gwendolyn MacEwen in “The Return” has a line that would make a nice inscription around a mirror: To perceive you is an act of faith And so we jump landing again on skeptical ground. So we weave. And so … Continue reading
Less is More
I have perused the calendar for the University of Toronto, School of Continuing Studies which for the 2007-2008 year is designed around the theme “Learn More.” There is a full page photo of David Gilmour, the novelist and instructor. He … Continue reading
Lesbian and Gay Pride Day
Adam Mars-Jones, “Gay Rights and Wrongs” collected in Blind Bitter Happiness reviewing among others David Halperin’s Saint Foucault A man who could say (speaking to Gilles Barbedette), ‘I think we should consider the battle for gay rights as an episode … Continue reading
Signature Exhortation
For a while I incorporated a catchphrase in my signature block for email messages: connect sometimes by disentangling I blew it up and produced a printout and tacked it to the wall as a kind of sampler since it deserved … Continue reading
Chiasmus
Command the comma, cede the caesura. Give the pause, take the break. Cherish cross-your-heart-and-hope-to-die promises extracted by children more conscious of on what than to whom. Favour form over function. Vow making, X mapping. Bound for fealty, faithful to the … Continue reading