Month: January 2010

This is bad–a seeming downward spiral toward oblivion. It’s 4:08 pm, now, and I’m still in bed. Yesterday I made it out of bed at 2:00 pm. The day before, closer to 5:00 pm. I certainly don’t want to be in bed right now. I wake at 8:00 am, roll on to my left side–agonizing–then […]

When introducing A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, author David Eggers defines the themes, motifs and other literary devices that the reader will encounter in his book. It’s brilliant–not least because it saves his book from the ignominy of being high school AP English fodder. And it’s fun. The reading is that much more entertaining […]