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Author Archives: Brian D. Butler
All and Sundry
The First Photograph: You may be interested in this fascinating deep dive on the world’s oldest surviving photograph, a pewter plate from 1827 that’s nearly invisible to the naked eye. The exposure lasted several days, and even the famous version … Continue reading
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Tagged Georges Simenon, Halloween, Haruki Murakami, Maigret, The Lord of the Rings
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It’s Edgar Allan Poe Season
Here in North America we are all diving into the Halloween season with abandon this year in a vain effort to avoid the constant daily reminders of the slow motion demise of Democracy. Even without the the need to distract … Continue reading
Posted in Books, History, Photography, USA, Writing
Tagged American Poets, Edgar Allan Poe, Louis Daguerre, The Tell-Tale Heart, Walt Whitman
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Randomness of the Now
“I have heard what the talkers were talking, the talk of the beginning and the end. But I do not talk of the beginning or the end. There was never any more inception than there is now, Nor any more … Continue reading
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Tagged Halloween, Carl Jung, Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Carl Sagan, Cosmos
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A book banned and burned by Nazis
In the summer of 1915, the Armenians of six villages on the Mediterranean coast received the same order as Armenians across the Ottoman Empire. Leave your homes and join a death march into the desert. They knew what that order … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, Europe, Books, Freedom of Speech
Tagged Turkey, Resistance, book banning, Armenians
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Acquainted with the night rain
Robert Frost 1928
Kerouac goes home
The Jack Kerouac Center has released new architectural renderings by Boston-based Flansburgh Architects showing how Lowell’s former St. Jean Baptiste Church will look as a museum, performance venue and cultural center honoring the life and work of Jack Kerouac. The plans … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Museums, USA, Writing
Tagged Beats, Jack Kerouac, Jack Kerouac Center
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“Leibnitz and the Transcendence of Love in Polynesia.”
“The Fifth Story” by Clarice Lispector translated by Giovanni Pontiero This story could be called “The Statues.” Another possible title would be “The Killing.” Or even “How to Kill Cockroaches.” So I shall tell at least three stories, all of … Continue reading
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Tagged Brazil, Clarice Lispector, novelists, short fiction, Ukraine
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Reading Chekov as the world burns
“Reading Chekhov was just like the angels singing to me.” — Eudora Welty, 1977 One of Russia’s greatest writers, Anton Chekhov began his career writing jokes and anecdotes for popular magazines … Continue reading
