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Oliver Sacks, Artistic vision and Enlightenment

March 10, 2015

enlightenment-pic-2I recently posted on Twitter and Facebook an essay by Oliver Sacks that described his end-of-life struggles (invariable for us all), recounted with bittersweet resignation. Sacks expressed his gratitude for being given a life of rewarding work as well as the unusual aptitude to understand the complex, mysterious and often misconstrued workings of the human brain.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: art, enlightenment, Michael Pollan, NYU, Oliver Sacks, psilocybin, The American Visionary Art Museum

Reading Dostoyevsky: Advice for Writers from a Writer

March 2, 2015

The Opinionator - Advice for Writers from a Writer

Many novelists shut down on reading fiction while they are at work on a book. Some fear that the voice of an author whom they admire might influence their voice, thereby weakening its sound and effect. I am the opposite. [Read more…]

Filed Under: General Tagged With: 19th Century, classic novels, Dostoyevsky, George Elliot, The Brothers Karamazov

Is 55 Years Worth The Wait?

February 14, 2015

Harper Lee’s New Novel

I am amazed at how much media attention has been focused on the summer 2015 publication of Harper Lee’s follow-up novel to To Kill A Mockingbird. The new book is to be called Go Set A Watchman, and this title seems somewhat clumsy in comparison to Lee’s beloved novel that is a staple of secondary school education in the United States as well as internationally.

Guess how much a 6-month royalty check pays for a book that was published in 1960?

Harper Lee's New Book

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