The new Lapham's just came out! Even better, their website features an excellent essay by Francine Prose on Original Sin and the place of women in religion:

Almost as soon as anyone (mostly women, for obvious reasons) started noticing or asking how the world’s religions viewed their female adherents, women-and I would assume some men-either had to ( Read more... )

So I *meant* to be productive today. I've got article revisions to do, stuff to read, etc. But I woke up this morning and it's like, y'know, fuck it. I worked yesterday, I can totally take it easy sometimes ( Read more... )

Went to B&N to get the new issue of Lapham's Quarterly. The theme is Travel, which is nice. Although I never understood why vacation time is in the summer when the weather pretty much everywhere pretty much sucks ( Read more... )

Another full house this weekend, though under better circumstances mostly. Scott's Aunt Dorothy and cousin Ethan came to visit as Ethan had a scholarship tour of A&M through the weekend. We also have our friend Melanie staying with us for the moment due to unpleasant sewage issues at her home. It's fun though--kind of like having a small party all ( Read more... )

Did you read Barbara Ehrenreich's Nickled and Dimed: On Not Getting By in America? Well if not, Lewis Lapham (formerly of Harper's and currently of the wonderful Lapham's Quarterly made this short quasi-musical film.

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So Harper's has put its entire historical archive online and you can access it for free if you have a subscription. I frankly think this is nothing short of fucking phenomenol and am looking forward to browsing. Tee hee.

PS The "The God of the Desert: Jreusalem and the Ecology of Monotheism" essay in the new January issue is a fascinating read.

Got my greedy lil paws on Lapham's Quarterly at last! Woo hoo!

ETA: Final NaNoWriMo count: 24375. Overall manuscript: 53002. Well it was a fair shot at least!