Recent Exercises

  • That’s a Wide Angle

    This is the first debate video I’ve shot with my new wide angle lens for my now ancient, but very handy videocamera. It’s a commercial camcorder, which, as…

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  • Montana Takeaways

    Well I finally missed one – it was bound to happen. Yesterday was a very long travel day and although I did have time to write while waiting…

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  • Helena Aphorisms

    To understand judging you need to buy one of those cheap anthologies of literary criticism, the dominant form of judging right now is New Criticism. I think I’ve…

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  • Comparative Cornell Talks

    Here’s my most recent version of a talk I wrote about three years ago and have altered over time. This was the talk I gave at Cornell University…

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  • Why the London Review of Books is Absolutely Essential Reading

    What most of my flights look like Of all the things you could read in the world, why the London Review of Books? And why is it particularly…

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  • Heading West

    Travelling West is always a good time. Long, but good. Started the day in Laguardia Airport which is creeping its way toward civilization one blocked lane at a…

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