HeyJaredDavid Alexander
Sinful, likes but sometimes idolises literature in the negative sense of the term idolise, failed to develope my perceived talent in writing, Arabic translator, father of two sons, wife divorced me, not as eeyorish as I sound
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#Pause for a philosopher: Pascal Bruckner (opens the original)
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I was familiar with Pascal Bruckner from reading his 2006 book The Tyranny of Guilt: As Essay on Western Masochism, and was intrigued to see this new book by him in Barnes and Nobles. He is erudite but also able to communicate in flowing prose that evocatively depicts what he has carefully observed about the West. Bruckner is concerned with current trends in society and how they are shaping us as individuals, and especially with the inadequacy of their implied answer to “What is man?” His essays
#Poetry Journal: William Blake (opens the original)
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August 24, 2026Last weekend I took my boys on a trip to New York city. I took with me an Everyman’s Library Pocket Poets edition of poems by Blake and read many poems by him in spare moments on the subway or elsewhere. I also read Claire Keegan’s novella Small Things Like These and finished reading collected stories by Stefan Zweig. I’ve read Blake’s Songs of Innocence and Experience by now many times. The first time that comes to mind was when I was in college. There are many profound religious
Eternity in the Poetry of Mankind: Poetry Journal Entry (opens the original)
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