An Oasis in the Desert of the Real: On the Relationship Between Map and Territory
“It is abstraction in its precise, literal sense… complete absence of quality, a differentiation purely by quantity and by applicability Continue reading
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Anti-Hauntology: Derrida and Stiegler on Dancing With Ghosts and Education
in a small ghost town, there’s a little arcadewhere the poltergeists play their video games In my previous post I 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
Borges and Murakami: Philosophy in Fiction
Borges and Murakami Philosophy in fiction has had a long and storied history, from the mythology of Ancient Greece to Continue reading
Calvino and the Codex Seraphinianus: A Psychedelic Mystery
On a cloudy Friday afternoon, sometime at the end of March, we were sat huddled on the floor of a Continue reading
Borges and the Book of Infinity
If the Library of Babel is a library that is all libraries, then what if there was a book that is all books? What if, in the pages of a book, one could find infinity itself?
When Fiction Lives In Fiction
Fantastic Borges essay on the history of meta-fiction and its role in literature. After a thorough search of Google I couldn’t Continue reading
