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Literary Arts | Performing Arts | The Art of Translation | Visual Arts
«Countée Cullen's Harlem Renaissance: A Personal History» (Parlor Press, 2024)
Literary Arts | Performing Arts | The Art of Translation | Visual Arts
«Countée Cullen's Harlem Renaissance: A Personal History» (Parlor Press, 2024)
«Soliloquies: The Progoff Diaries»
Articles, Essays, Interviews & Reviews
9 December 2025
3500-word essay about:
Julio Cortázar's novella «A Certain Lucas» (New Directions); «Hopscotch» (Rabassa, trans.); and
«Selected Letters of Julio Cortázar» (Archipelago).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julio_C...
Articles, Essays, Interviews & Reviews
9 December 2025
3500-word essay about:
Julio Cortázar's novella «A Certain Lucas» (New Directions); «Hopscotch» (Rabassa, trans.); and
«Selected Letters of Julio Cortázar» (Archipelago).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julio_C...
December 10, 2025 at 2:27 AM
«Soliloquies: The Progoff Diaries»
Articles, Essays, Interviews & Reviews
9 December 2025
3500-word essay about:
Julio Cortázar's novella «A Certain Lucas» (New Directions); «Hopscotch» (Rabassa, trans.); and
«Selected Letters of Julio Cortázar» (Archipelago).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julio_C...
Articles, Essays, Interviews & Reviews
9 December 2025
3500-word essay about:
Julio Cortázar's novella «A Certain Lucas» (New Directions); «Hopscotch» (Rabassa, trans.); and
«Selected Letters of Julio Cortázar» (Archipelago).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julio_C...
Reposted by kevinabrown.com
«Soliloquies: The Progoff Diaries» (Table of Illustrations)
Travel Journal
La Chinesca, Mexicali, Baja California
#Chinatowns #Museums #Borderlands
Travel Journal
La Chinesca, Mexicali, Baja California
#Chinatowns #Museums #Borderlands
October 1, 2025 at 3:46 AM
«Soliloquies: The Progoff Diaries» (Table of Illustrations)
Travel Journal
La Chinesca, Mexicali, Baja California
#Chinatowns #Museums #Borderlands
Travel Journal
La Chinesca, Mexicali, Baja California
#Chinatowns #Museums #Borderlands
«Soliloquies: The Progoff Diaries»
Reading Notes
4 December 2025
On my way to the used book sale, I saw this email:
"For the next 36 hours, New York Review Books is offering 40% off all series titles."
Snagged six brand new classics instead, saved over $50 & got free S&H.
Christmas came early.
Reading Notes
4 December 2025
On my way to the used book sale, I saw this email:
"For the next 36 hours, New York Review Books is offering 40% off all series titles."
Snagged six brand new classics instead, saved over $50 & got free S&H.
Christmas came early.
December 5, 2025 at 12:21 AM
«Soliloquies: The Progoff Diaries»
Reading Notes
4 December 2025
On my way to the used book sale, I saw this email:
"For the next 36 hours, New York Review Books is offering 40% off all series titles."
Snagged six brand new classics instead, saved over $50 & got free S&H.
Christmas came early.
Reading Notes
4 December 2025
On my way to the used book sale, I saw this email:
"For the next 36 hours, New York Review Books is offering 40% off all series titles."
Snagged six brand new classics instead, saved over $50 & got free S&H.
Christmas came early.
«Soliloquies: The Progoff Diaries» (Notebooks, 1985-2025)
Research & Development
2 December 2025
Remembering Richard Howard--poet, essayist, critic, lexicographer.
Translator of Stendhal's «The Charterhouse of Parma», many other works from French into English.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard...
Research & Development
2 December 2025
Remembering Richard Howard--poet, essayist, critic, lexicographer.
Translator of Stendhal's «The Charterhouse of Parma», many other works from French into English.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard...
December 3, 2025 at 12:27 AM
«Soliloquies: The Progoff Diaries» (Notebooks, 1985-2025)
Research & Development
2 December 2025
Remembering Richard Howard--poet, essayist, critic, lexicographer.
Translator of Stendhal's «The Charterhouse of Parma», many other works from French into English.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard...
Research & Development
2 December 2025
Remembering Richard Howard--poet, essayist, critic, lexicographer.
Translator of Stendhal's «The Charterhouse of Parma», many other works from French into English.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard...
Notebooks
Writing prompts I've scattered throughout my «Soliloquies: The Progoff Diaries» posts were adapted from the Ira Progoff journaling method.
«At a Journal Workshop: Writing to Access the Power of the Unconscious and Evoke Creative Ability» (1975).
Cycling.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrUi...
Writing prompts I've scattered throughout my «Soliloquies: The Progoff Diaries» posts were adapted from the Ira Progoff journaling method.
«At a Journal Workshop: Writing to Access the Power of the Unconscious and Evoke Creative Ability» (1975).
Cycling.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrUi...
December 1, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Notebooks
Writing prompts I've scattered throughout my «Soliloquies: The Progoff Diaries» posts were adapted from the Ira Progoff journaling method.
«At a Journal Workshop: Writing to Access the Power of the Unconscious and Evoke Creative Ability» (1975).
Cycling.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrUi...
Writing prompts I've scattered throughout my «Soliloquies: The Progoff Diaries» posts were adapted from the Ira Progoff journaling method.
«At a Journal Workshop: Writing to Access the Power of the Unconscious and Evoke Creative Ability» (1975).
Cycling.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrUi...
«Soliloquies: The Progoff Diaries»
Timelines - Breakthroughs/Epiphanies
30 November 2025
Didn't plan it. Just worked out that way. Finished reading «Hadji Murat» as I approached Stendhal's Battle of Waterloo. I see what the Tolstoy fuss is all about. Count Leo admired «The Charterhouse of Parma»
Timelines - Breakthroughs/Epiphanies
30 November 2025
Didn't plan it. Just worked out that way. Finished reading «Hadji Murat» as I approached Stendhal's Battle of Waterloo. I see what the Tolstoy fuss is all about. Count Leo admired «The Charterhouse of Parma»
December 1, 2025 at 4:53 AM
«Soliloquies: The Progoff Diaries»
Timelines - Breakthroughs/Epiphanies
30 November 2025
Didn't plan it. Just worked out that way. Finished reading «Hadji Murat» as I approached Stendhal's Battle of Waterloo. I see what the Tolstoy fuss is all about. Count Leo admired «The Charterhouse of Parma»
Timelines - Breakthroughs/Epiphanies
30 November 2025
Didn't plan it. Just worked out that way. Finished reading «Hadji Murat» as I approached Stendhal's Battle of Waterloo. I see what the Tolstoy fuss is all about. Count Leo admired «The Charterhouse of Parma»
November 30, 2025 at 7:24 AM
«Soliloquies: The Progoff Diaries» - Itineraries
30 March - 2 April, 2017
Thursday, on the flight from Tijuana, I read Octavio Paz.
Saturday, I wrote in Mexico City's largest public library: Biblioteca Vasconcelos. On the way back to San Diego, I finished : «Itinerary: An Intellectual Journey».
30 March - 2 April, 2017
Thursday, on the flight from Tijuana, I read Octavio Paz.
Saturday, I wrote in Mexico City's largest public library: Biblioteca Vasconcelos. On the way back to San Diego, I finished : «Itinerary: An Intellectual Journey».
November 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
«Soliloquies: The Progoff Diaries» - Itineraries
30 March - 2 April, 2017
Thursday, on the flight from Tijuana, I read Octavio Paz.
Saturday, I wrote in Mexico City's largest public library: Biblioteca Vasconcelos. On the way back to San Diego, I finished : «Itinerary: An Intellectual Journey».
30 March - 2 April, 2017
Thursday, on the flight from Tijuana, I read Octavio Paz.
Saturday, I wrote in Mexico City's largest public library: Biblioteca Vasconcelos. On the way back to San Diego, I finished : «Itinerary: An Intellectual Journey».
Reposted by kevinabrown.com
NHL logo history: 1971
The NHL still divided its 14 teams into an East and a West Division that had little relevance on actual geography (Vancouver was East and Philadelphia was West).
Meanwhile, the New York Rangers perfected their logo. Just the right font size. Nice lines and colors. I love it!
The NHL still divided its 14 teams into an East and a West Division that had little relevance on actual geography (Vancouver was East and Philadelphia was West).
Meanwhile, the New York Rangers perfected their logo. Just the right font size. Nice lines and colors. I love it!
November 26, 2025 at 1:44 AM
NHL logo history: 1971
The NHL still divided its 14 teams into an East and a West Division that had little relevance on actual geography (Vancouver was East and Philadelphia was West).
Meanwhile, the New York Rangers perfected their logo. Just the right font size. Nice lines and colors. I love it!
The NHL still divided its 14 teams into an East and a West Division that had little relevance on actual geography (Vancouver was East and Philadelphia was West).
Meanwhile, the New York Rangers perfected their logo. Just the right font size. Nice lines and colors. I love it!
Culture, History, Politics, Society & Sports - Cinema
Jair Bolsonaro is now expected to begin a 27-year prison sentence for trying to stage a coup in 2022.
jair-bolsonaro-arrested-amid-fears-he-planned-to-flee-as-coup-trial-nears-conclusion-269554.htm
Jair Bolsonaro is now expected to begin a 27-year prison sentence for trying to stage a coup in 2022.
jair-bolsonaro-arrested-amid-fears-he-planned-to-flee-as-coup-trial-nears-conclusion-269554.htm
November 25, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Culture, History, Politics, Society & Sports - Cinema
Jair Bolsonaro is now expected to begin a 27-year prison sentence for trying to stage a coup in 2022.
jair-bolsonaro-arrested-amid-fears-he-planned-to-flee-as-coup-trial-nears-conclusion-269554.htm
Jair Bolsonaro is now expected to begin a 27-year prison sentence for trying to stage a coup in 2022.
jair-bolsonaro-arrested-amid-fears-he-planned-to-flee-as-coup-trial-nears-conclusion-269554.htm
Reposted by kevinabrown.com
Jair Bolsonaro is now expected to begin a 27-year prison sentence for trying to stage a coup in 2022.
Jair Bolsonaro arrested amid fears he planned to flee as coup trial nears conclusion
Jair Bolsonaro is now expected to begin a 27-year prison sentence for trying to stage a coup in 2022.
tcnv.link
November 25, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Jair Bolsonaro is now expected to begin a 27-year prison sentence for trying to stage a coup in 2022.
Writing Projects - Articles, Essays, Interviews & Reviews
Galleys received 21 November 2025
Author=Mario Vargas Llosa
Title=I Give You My Silence
Genre=Novel
Pub Date=24 February 2026
Publisher=FSG
Pages=256
Link=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374616250/igiveyoumysilence/
#authors #literature
Galleys received 21 November 2025
Author=Mario Vargas Llosa
Title=I Give You My Silence
Genre=Novel
Pub Date=24 February 2026
Publisher=FSG
Pages=256
Link=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374616250/igiveyoumysilence/
#authors #literature
November 21, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Writing Projects - Articles, Essays, Interviews & Reviews
Galleys received 21 November 2025
Author=Mario Vargas Llosa
Title=I Give You My Silence
Genre=Novel
Pub Date=24 February 2026
Publisher=FSG
Pages=256
Link=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374616250/igiveyoumysilence/
#authors #literature
Galleys received 21 November 2025
Author=Mario Vargas Llosa
Title=I Give You My Silence
Genre=Novel
Pub Date=24 February 2026
Publisher=FSG
Pages=256
Link=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374616250/igiveyoumysilence/
#authors #literature
«Soliloquies: The Progoff Diaries»
Reading Notes
21 November 2025
"It was not until the invention of the moving-picture that the novel lost its supremacy as purveyor of irreality to a multitude composed of solitary units."
~ Mary McCarthy, «Ideas and the Novel»
Reading Notes
21 November 2025
"It was not until the invention of the moving-picture that the novel lost its supremacy as purveyor of irreality to a multitude composed of solitary units."
~ Mary McCarthy, «Ideas and the Novel»
November 21, 2025 at 6:55 PM
«Soliloquies: The Progoff Diaries»
Reading Notes
21 November 2025
"It was not until the invention of the moving-picture that the novel lost its supremacy as purveyor of irreality to a multitude composed of solitary units."
~ Mary McCarthy, «Ideas and the Novel»
Reading Notes
21 November 2025
"It was not until the invention of the moving-picture that the novel lost its supremacy as purveyor of irreality to a multitude composed of solitary units."
~ Mary McCarthy, «Ideas and the Novel»
Reposted by kevinabrown.com
"Glasco’s study of how Wilson’s early life in Pittsburgh shaped his outlook as an ‘outsider, warrior, race man, and poet’ is full of fascinating personal details—and sheds invaluable light on the timeless art that Wilson went on to create." upittpress.org/books/978082...
November 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
"Glasco’s study of how Wilson’s early life in Pittsburgh shaped his outlook as an ‘outsider, warrior, race man, and poet’ is full of fascinating personal details—and sheds invaluable light on the timeless art that Wilson went on to create." upittpress.org/books/978082...
«Soliloquies: The Progoff Diaries»
1992
Brooklyn Academy of Music mounts a revival of the four-act work featuring choreography by Lucinda Childs and music by Philip Glass. She sits down right next to you: Susan Sontag. You don't engage, just leave her in peace to enjoy «Einstein on the Beach».
1992
Brooklyn Academy of Music mounts a revival of the four-act work featuring choreography by Lucinda Childs and music by Philip Glass. She sits down right next to you: Susan Sontag. You don't engage, just leave her in peace to enjoy «Einstein on the Beach».
November 18, 2025 at 5:20 PM
«Soliloquies: The Progoff Diaries»
1992
Brooklyn Academy of Music mounts a revival of the four-act work featuring choreography by Lucinda Childs and music by Philip Glass. She sits down right next to you: Susan Sontag. You don't engage, just leave her in peace to enjoy «Einstein on the Beach».
1992
Brooklyn Academy of Music mounts a revival of the four-act work featuring choreography by Lucinda Childs and music by Philip Glass. She sits down right next to you: Susan Sontag. You don't engage, just leave her in peace to enjoy «Einstein on the Beach».
Reposted by kevinabrown.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:34 AM
1
I'm in love with a strong man
And he tells me he's wild about me
I'm in love with a guy who is everything grand
Any man can be
2
I'm in love with a strong man
Once you see him you'll have to agree
That any other would just be the wrong man
"Strong Man" 1960s Civil Rights Activist Abbey Lincoln
I'm in love with a strong man
And he tells me he's wild about me
I'm in love with a guy who is everything grand
Any man can be
2
I'm in love with a strong man
Once you see him you'll have to agree
That any other would just be the wrong man
"Strong Man" 1960s Civil Rights Activist Abbey Lincoln
November 16, 2025 at 10:07 PM
1
I'm in love with a strong man
And he tells me he's wild about me
I'm in love with a guy who is everything grand
Any man can be
2
I'm in love with a strong man
Once you see him you'll have to agree
That any other would just be the wrong man
"Strong Man" 1960s Civil Rights Activist Abbey Lincoln
I'm in love with a strong man
And he tells me he's wild about me
I'm in love with a guy who is everything grand
Any man can be
2
I'm in love with a strong man
Once you see him you'll have to agree
That any other would just be the wrong man
"Strong Man" 1960s Civil Rights Activist Abbey Lincoln
The Performing Arts - Music/Quotations
There are four qualities essential to a great jazzman. They are taste, courage, individuality and irreverence. Those are the qualities I want to retain in my music.
-- Stan Getz
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKXi...
There are four qualities essential to a great jazzman. They are taste, courage, individuality and irreverence. Those are the qualities I want to retain in my music.
-- Stan Getz
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKXi...
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:34 PM
The Performing Arts - Music/Quotations
There are four qualities essential to a great jazzman. They are taste, courage, individuality and irreverence. Those are the qualities I want to retain in my music.
-- Stan Getz
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKXi...
There are four qualities essential to a great jazzman. They are taste, courage, individuality and irreverence. Those are the qualities I want to retain in my music.
-- Stan Getz
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKXi...
The Performing Arts - Feature Film & Documentaries
A 6-month immersion in Henry James' nonfiction gave me greater appreciation for this film.
As far as James' fiction is concerned, I'm in a much better position to tackle his late-period novels than I was before.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gol...
A 6-month immersion in Henry James' nonfiction gave me greater appreciation for this film.
As far as James' fiction is concerned, I'm in a much better position to tackle his late-period novels than I was before.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gol...
The Golden Bowl (film) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 11, 2025 at 11:03 PM
The Performing Arts - Feature Film & Documentaries
A 6-month immersion in Henry James' nonfiction gave me greater appreciation for this film.
As far as James' fiction is concerned, I'm in a much better position to tackle his late-period novels than I was before.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gol...
A 6-month immersion in Henry James' nonfiction gave me greater appreciation for this film.
As far as James' fiction is concerned, I'm in a much better position to tackle his late-period novels than I was before.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gol...
@kevinanthonybrown.bsky.social
from «Soliloquies: The Progoff Diaries»
Entry dated 6 November 2025
The Performing Arts/Music
Recording=People Time, feat. Stan Getz
Personnel:
Kenny Baron=RIP
Charlie Haden=Liner Notes
from «Soliloquies: The Progoff Diaries»
Entry dated 6 November 2025
The Performing Arts/Music
Recording=People Time, feat. Stan Getz
Personnel:
Kenny Baron=RIP
Charlie Haden=Liner Notes
November 7, 2025 at 6:25 AM
@kevinanthonybrown.bsky.social
from «Soliloquies: The Progoff Diaries»
Entry dated 6 November 2025
The Performing Arts/Music
Recording=People Time, feat. Stan Getz
Personnel:
Kenny Baron=RIP
Charlie Haden=Liner Notes
from «Soliloquies: The Progoff Diaries»
Entry dated 6 November 2025
The Performing Arts/Music
Recording=People Time, feat. Stan Getz
Personnel:
Kenny Baron=RIP
Charlie Haden=Liner Notes
from «Soliloquies: The Progoff Diaries»
6 November 2025
Research & Development
Michael Gorra on Malcolm Cowley, et al.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
6 November 2025
Research & Development
Michael Gorra on Malcolm Cowley, et al.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
The Man Who Rescued Faulkner
How the critic Malcolm Cowley made American literature into its own great tradition
www.theatlantic.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:15 AM
from «Soliloquies: The Progoff Diaries»
6 November 2025
Research & Development
Michael Gorra on Malcolm Cowley, et al.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
6 November 2025
Research & Development
Michael Gorra on Malcolm Cowley, et al.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
from «Soliloquies: The Progoff Diaries»
4 November 2025
Research & Development
4 November 2025
Research & Development
November 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
from «Soliloquies: The Progoff Diaries»
4 November 2025
Research & Development
4 November 2025
Research & Development
«Soliloquies: The Progoff Diaries»
Writing Projects - Articles, Essays, Interviews & Reviews
We're already talking, potentially, 2026-7
First things first
1. Finish Stendhal's «Charterhouse of Parma» and «Armance»; and
2. Begin Julio Cortázar's «Rayuela» and «Selected Letters of Julio Cortázar»
Writing Projects - Articles, Essays, Interviews & Reviews
We're already talking, potentially, 2026-7
First things first
1. Finish Stendhal's «Charterhouse of Parma» and «Armance»; and
2. Begin Julio Cortázar's «Rayuela» and «Selected Letters of Julio Cortázar»
October 26, 2025 at 5:33 AM
«Soliloquies: The Progoff Diaries»
Writing Projects - Articles, Essays, Interviews & Reviews
We're already talking, potentially, 2026-7
First things first
1. Finish Stendhal's «Charterhouse of Parma» and «Armance»; and
2. Begin Julio Cortázar's «Rayuela» and «Selected Letters of Julio Cortázar»
Writing Projects - Articles, Essays, Interviews & Reviews
We're already talking, potentially, 2026-7
First things first
1. Finish Stendhal's «Charterhouse of Parma» and «Armance»; and
2. Begin Julio Cortázar's «Rayuela» and «Selected Letters of Julio Cortázar»
from «Soliloquies: The Progoff Diaries»
Quotations
“You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.”
~ Ray Bradbury
#BannedBooks #CancelledWriters
Quotations
“You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.”
~ Ray Bradbury
#BannedBooks #CancelledWriters
October 23, 2025 at 7:44 PM
from «Soliloquies: The Progoff Diaries»
Quotations
“You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.”
~ Ray Bradbury
#BannedBooks #CancelledWriters
Quotations
“You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.”
~ Ray Bradbury
#BannedBooks #CancelledWriters