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Somehow, I've managed to get myself sick again. So, please forgive my lack of consistent posting these last few days. I also have two rather large papers on the docket: "Against Period Performance: The Need for a Postmodern Performance Practice" and "The Elites". Last night, too, was layout night at The Grape. In short, I've been busy.
Fortunately, I haven't been too busy to read. I'd like to make a couple of notes before I throw out this month's book list. (1) I've rethought my previous rule that I ought not post books I read for class. Fuck that. The books I'm reading are generally quite interesting, and have been playing an increasingly large role in my thinking on a variety of other subjects. (2) I haven't yet figured out how to put magazines--or even in I should put magazines--on this list. But, for class, I've read three issues of The New Yorker, two issues of Harper's, and one issue of The Atlantic. So there. Here's the list:
September Book List
Jason Aaron
-(Guera, illust.), Scalped, issue 21.
Jorge Luis Borges
-A Universal History of Iniquity, (1) "The Cruel Redeemer Lazarus Morell", (2) "The Improbable Impostor Tom Castro", (3) "The Widow Ching--Pirate", (4) Monk Eastman, Purveyor of Iniquities", (5) "The Disinterested Killer Bill Harrigan", (6) "The Uncivil Teacher of Court Etiquette Kotsuke No Duke", (7) "Hakim, the Masked Dyer of Merv".
Michael Chabon
-Summerland.
-Werewolves in Their Youth: (1) "Werewolves in Their Youth", (2) "House Hunting".
Warren Ellis & Mike Wolfer
-(Jimenez, illust.), Gravel, issue 5.
Newt Gingrich
-Rediscovering God in America.
Bruce Haynes
-The End of Early Music.
Robert Hill
-"Overcoming Romanticism".
David Lapham
-(Lapham, illust.), Young Liars, issues 1-7.
Cy Spencer
-(Gane, illust.), The Vinyl Underground, issues 1-12.
David Tischman
-(Fabry, illust.), Greatest Hits, issue 1.
Brian Vaughan
-(Harris, illust.), Ex Machina, issue 38.
Matt Wagner
-(Hadley, illust.), Madame Xanadu, issue 4.
Joss Whedon
-(Moline, illust.), Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, issue 18.
Bill Willingham
-(Allred, illust.), Fables, issue 76.
G. Willow Wilson
-(Perker, illust.), Air, issues 1 & 2.
Brian Wood
-(Kelly, illust.), Local, issues 1 - 12.
-(Ormston, illust.), Northlanders, issues 9 & 10.
As you may remember, I'm very busy and more than a little sick, so I might not be posting these soon (also, The Office is on tonight, my friend John McKean is playing a harpsichord recital tonight in Fairkid Chapel, and--let's not forget--the Palin/Biden debate), but here's what's on the docket:
(1) Comic Reviews, in Brief, including, Air, Northlanders, The Alcoholic.
(2) Bailout?
(3) This one isn't on the docket so much as something you should do. There is an excellent article coming out in The Grape by opinions editor Fred Barnes on Newt Gingrich's recent speech. It's in the features section. The Grape will be out on Sunday. I strongly recommend that you pick a copy up, if only to read that article.
(4) The International Union of Copy Editors, Local 42, Oberlin, OH.
I'll talk nerdy to you.
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