People tend to associate Thomas Pynchon with post-modernism, however, I don't think he wrote about post-modernism in a hopefull way. I think he wrote about post-modernism to warn society of the pit that it is descending into. His novel,V., is in my opini...

     Now winter nights enlarge
     The number of their houres,
And clouds their storms discharge
     Upon the ayrie towres,
Let now the chimneys blaze
     And cups o'erflow with wine:
Let well-tun'd words amaze
     With harmonie divine.
Now yello...

When first published in 2005, many reviewers seemed caught off guard by Cormac McCarthy's latest book No Country for Old Men. Is this Lee Child, or the author of Blood Meridian we're talking about? Is he angling for a movie deal? Did the old man decide t...

IF thou would’st hear the Nameless, and wilt dive
Into the Temple-cave of thine own self,
There, brooding by the central altar, thou
May’st haply learn the Nameless hath a voice, By which thou wilt abide, if thou be wise, 5
As if ...

"I want to do all of these things at once—be called a writer, be a rooted family man, be a tribal elder, be an outcast shaman—and this is ludicrous, impossible. Art that doesn't come from pain is just entertainment. And what does that mean for a man with...

This book is perhaps the best starting point for anyone who is interested in learning economics from a behavorial and social perspective. Basic Economics is a simple, straight forward book that is very easy to read. However, don't let its simplicity turn...

"It's a beautiful day. In all our lives, we may not have many like this - so perfect", said Honda, stirred by some premonition.

"Are you talking about happiness?" asked Kiyoaki.

"I don't remember saying anything about happiness."

_"W...

From the Old Country you came
having grasped the last straw
to corral your people on the outside
of a fence even one more time.

They cursed your name & stirred
up calumny & assassination.
Degataga, you spat in their eyes
to wrest again a...