In Memory of Little Beasts
I’m devastated, and I’ve been bawling my eyes out for days now. I went to bed Friday evening sure that […]
Category: elegy
Memories of Uncle Bob
Last week we buried Uncle Bob. Despite the fact that the bar was ridiculously low, he was nevertheless my favorite […]
Memories of Uncle Bob
Last week we buried Uncle Bob. Despite the fact that the bar was ridiculously low, he was nevertheless my favorite […]
Elegy for José Gaos
Philosophy in Mexico, philosophy in Latin America has suffered the loss of its most distinguished cultivators. Faced with so painful […]
Four in the Morning
Wisława Szymborska (July 2, 1923 – February 1, 2012). Rest in peace.
Notes on the Fortieth Anniversary of Mishima’s Suicide
It’s difficult not to feel somewhat overwhelmed with ambivalence regarding Mishima: a gifted writer and a sensitive thinker as well […]
8:15
Nobel laureate Kenzaburo Oe writes about Hiroshima, moral responsibility, outrage, and aging in today’s The New York Times op-ed section. […]
Bullet-Point Friday: The Bewitching Hour
When I still lived in Kansas all those years ago, I would wake up in the middle of the night […]
I Shall Die
One of the first concerts I attended was a Peter, Paul and Mary reunion tour through Dallas in 1986. I […]
