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Descriptions, Descriptions, Descriptions.

In Writing, books, writers on 24 January 2008 with no comments

I’ve been thinking a lot in terms of the descriptive lately with a heavy focus on people. Living in New York gives you the opportunity to be inspired again and again by the hundreds of people you pass daily. I watched the old man sitting across from me on my way into work and I […]

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

In books, writers on 15 January 2008 with no comments

If there is anything to know about me, it is that I like for things to be circular, to start somewhere and end somewhere in a roundish sort of way. I think of many things that way and have devised a philosophy regarding the circular nature of things all my own (or maybe I […]

Bohemia: Where Art, Angst, Love and Stong Coffee Meet

In books on 3 January 2008 with no comments

I’m reading Bohemia by Herbert Gold again and while it doesn’t quite affect me the way it did upon first reading (all young and starry eyed I wanted to embody every iota of the words he spoke, its a more of a quick lighthearted read than I remembered) it does still create in me a […]

Merry Christmas to Me

In books, personal on 26 December 2007 with no comments

I usually am not to fond of receiving books as gifts, as what usually happens is well intentioned people tend to be well of the mark. For example I have for years received mediocre books by black authors just because people thought based solely on the race of the author, that it was something I […]

One more…

In books, culture on 19 December 2007 with 1 comment

…before I get to work
5Oh7 and I were having a conversation on reading and finding time in to read all the things you want to take on in our hectic overburden with distraction, modern age. She sent me this excerpt and link to a New Yorker article which I greatly enjoyed reading (I do […]

No Name In The Streets

In books on 19 December 2007 with 2 comments

I am slowly reading and slowly getting closer to finishing “No Name in the Streets” an autobiographical book by James Baldwin describing the political climates surrounding Malcom’s death, King’s death, life in the rural south, Paris and the Algerians and life, of course, in Harlem. How I’m finding time to read it in all this […]

I’m finally reading Atonement*

In books on 28 November 2007 with 1 comment

One of my favorite passage thus far:
It seemed so obvious now that it was too late: a story was a form of telepathy. By means of inking symbols onto a page, she was able to send thoughts and feelings from her mind to her reader’s. It was a magical process, so commonplace that […]

"Sacrifice Everything for the Clean Line."

In books, quote on 26 November 2007 with 2 comments

My favorite quote from Diane Di Prima “Recollections of My Life As A Woman.” I was reminded of this last night while I thought of my future. It is why I’m awake early before work writing this morning.

Screw the iphone, I want a Kindle

In books on 23 November 2007 with 3 comments

I’m usually on the fence about converting to new technology. When I made the change from cassettes to cd’s and video tapes to dvd’s it was rather reluctantly. (But come on, just one small scratch and you’ve wasted twenty dollars). I’ve stuck next to my little LG phone for years before I’ve even thought […]

More from The Times, Love Letters

In Writing, books on 1 November 2007 with 2 comments

The letter from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is my favorites so far. It read like an actual love letter with the sensibilities of a writer. Here is an excerpt discussing the importance of liking:
Yesterday, too, I realised that I have never told you how much I like you - this before your text, by the […]