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Seamus Heaney
This reminded me of one of my earlier entries about my father and I, digging for quahogs ( Read more... ) -
blood pressure
This afternoon in lab we investigated cardiovascular physiology. We took one another's blood pressures, set up electrocardiograms, and performed a few experiments to test cardiac output and resistance. As my lab partners giggled and fumbled with the EKG leads they were sticking to our victim's ankles and arms, I considered that this was just a ( Read more... ) -
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Richard Rorty's "The Decline of Redemptive Truth and the Rise of a Literary Culture" (full-text). More about that later. I think I'm going to write my thesis on some aspect of reader-reponse criticism, Wolfgang Iser, etc. I need to choose my primary authors/texts now. I'm considering someone contemporary (Zadie Smith, Rushdie), along with a major ( Read more... ) -
Creeley
It makes sense that, despite his age, Robert Creeley found the internet so useful. Now, I'm not trying to justify this lj, but I think I also maybe am. I acquired a typewritten book of Creeley's interviews (1961-1971), Contexts of Poetry, for a few dollars from my favorite bookseller several months ago. It was basically, I think, printed by himself ( Read more... ) -
Work
I don't want to work any longer ( Read more... ) -
Beginning.
My notebook is falling apart. The binding is split. Is that reason enough to start a livejournal?