Moebius: 40 Days in the Desert
French comic book artist and illustrator Jean Giraud (1938-2012), aka Moebius, has had, perhaps, a more profound influence on the Continue reading
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Seoul Stories: Han Kang, Violence and Candlelight
The day I stood shoulder to shoulder with hundreds of thousands of my fellow civilians, staring down the barrels of Continue reading
The Infinite Labyrinth of Time in Borges’ “The Garden of Forking Paths”
In his story, “The Garden of Forking Paths,” Jorge Luis Borges explores the labyrinth, the writer, and perhaps above all, Continue reading
Calvino’s Cosmicomics: Time and the Hunter (or t zero)
To me, there’s virtually no doubt that Italo Calvino is a literary genius. Each one of his works create either Continue reading
Creating a Character, 2: Bernard Malamud and J.G. Ballard
The question remains: How does a skilled writer establish a good character in so few pages? And how does it relate to their overall style and composition?
Simulacrum in Literature: Baudrillard and Barthelme
Simulacrum, like many terms surrounding postmodernism, has been defined in a number of ways. Perhaps the simplest definition of the Continue reading
Time-Tearing with Philip K. Dick
I like Philip K. Dick. His ideas are intriguing and his writing is more than passable by my standards. I Continue reading
Creating a Character: Carver and Cheever
The short story, the ever neglected cousin of the novel, requires many of the same techniques used in the composition Continue reading
Blue Labyrinths 