What We’re Electing to Read in November 2012
What We’re Electing to Read in November 2012 Matt Borondy, Publisher/Editor: Self-Help by Lorrie Moore, I’m Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen by Sylvie Simmons, The Hagakure by Yamamoto Tsunetomo,...
View ArticleMonday’s Margins: Happy Baby Movie, Hallelujah!
Monday’s Margins: Happy Baby Movie, Hallelujah! Over at The Rumpus, Stephen Elliott is making a movie about his novel Happy Baby (remember our 2004 interview on the book?) and needs your help. The New...
View ArticleLeonard Cohen’s "Live in London"
Leonard Cohen’s "Live in London"It seems fitting to launch the Identity Theory music blog with news about Leonard Cohen.This week, our Canadian Zen Buddhist folk hero/poet released ‘Live In London‘, a...
View ArticleStephen King, Julian Barnes, and Banned Books: Monday’s Margins
Stephen King, Julian Barnes, and Banned Books: Monday’s Margins We are looking forward to the release of Julian Barnes‘ Levels of Life this week. Here’s the N.Y. Times on Barnes’ latest book: “Levels...
View ArticleOutstanding Musical Releases of 2016
Farewell to 2016. There is not much love lost. However, musical artists softened the blow of a rough year by turning out some of the best releases of the decade so far, including chilling swan songs...
View ArticleAllow Me To Introduce Myself
The natural world is made up of nouns and verbs on which we have heaped millions of largely inappropriate and self-serving adjectives. I wondered how we may shape ourselves, body and mind, to fully...
View ArticleHow The Light Gets In
“Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.” While I wouldn’t say that some of my best friends are politically conservative, a person’s politics are not, for me, an obstacle...
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