David Foster Wallace on Ambition—an animated short by Blank on Blank.
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Why is it “The Waste Land” and not “The Wasteland”?
[Photo: Ezra Pound’s edits of T. S. Eliot’s original.]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/a5842e77caf4eebecc6a2bb0dadd1d77/tumblr_mlf2dpSTeL1r6xvfko1_500.gif)
Why is it “The Waste Land” and not “The Wasteland”?
[Photo: Ezra Pound’s edits of T. S. Eliot’s original.]
"How to account for any possible perceived dearth of contemporary Catholic literature and art? I have learned the problem is one of definition. In the same way that paradox is endemic to Catholic doctrine, Catholic imaginative literature remains a conundrum to many critics, both Catholic and secular."
— Nick Ripatrazone, ”Counter and Strange: Contemporary Catholic Literature” (via millionsmillions)
I was quite surprised to read that the author of this piece was writing in part to respond to my 2011 essay titled “Where have all the Catholic Writers Gone?”
Prayers for the victims of the Boston Bombings and for all Bostonians.
Mahler Symphony #9, 4th movement, performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Georg Solti (1 of 2) and 2 of 2
How to Make Write
Illustration for the 3/31 NYT Sunday Review and NYT Opinionator Draft essay “Those Irritating Verbs-as-Nouns.” Thanks to AD Matt Dorfman!
The way we do the speak now.
(via prairielights)
