I recently watched the movie of film critic Roger Ebert’s illness and death, Life Itself
Monthly Archives: September 2017
Review of Harold Evan’s: “Do I Make Myself Clear? Why Writing Well Matters”
“words are the only things that last forever; they are more durable than the eternal hills.”
~ William Hazlitt
Sir Harold Evans shares his exquisite prose with us in his new book, Do I Make Myself Clear: Why Writing Well Matters. Continue reading Review of Harold Evan’s: “Do I Make Myself Clear? Why Writing Well Matters”
Shelley: “To A Skylark”
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 – 1822) was one of the major English Romantic poets, and is regarded as one the best and most influential lyric poets in the English language. Shelley wasn’t famous during his lifetime, but recognition of his poetry grew steadily after his death. He drowned in a storm on the Gulf of Spezia in his sailing boat, just before his 30th birthday. Continue reading Shelley: “To A Skylark”
Review of Aaron James’ “Surfing with Sartre”
Aaron James, Professor of Philosophy at UC-Irvine, has written a new book, Surfing with Sartre: An Aquatic Inquiry into a Life of Meaning. It addresses major questions in philosophy from his unique perspective as both a philosopher and former surfer. Continue reading Review of Aaron James’ “Surfing with Sartre”
Review of “Exile Nation: The Plastic People”
I have recently watched the documentary: Exile Nation: The Plastic People. It is about U.S. deportees in Tijuana who struggle to survive a cartel war zone, and who live in cardboard boxes and sewer pipes, in an ever-expanding underworld of exiles. Continue reading Review of “Exile Nation: The Plastic People”