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«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...
Culture, History, Politics, Society & Sports
NYR Czech Line was so pretty to watch, with they sweaters hanging all out on the left-hand side.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petr_Ne...
NYR Czech Line was so pretty to watch, with they sweaters hanging all out on the left-hand side.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petr_Ne...
December 6, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Culture, History, Politics, Society & Sports
NYR Czech Line was so pretty to watch, with they sweaters hanging all out on the left-hand side.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petr_Ne...
NYR Czech Line was so pretty to watch, with they sweaters hanging all out on the left-hand side.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petr_Ne...
«Soliloquies: The Progoff Diaries»
The Performing Arts/Music - Classical Music & Jazz
4 December 2025
Bill Evans wouldn't be Bill Evans were it not for classical music.
Natural Note=Bill Evans was honored at Lincoln Center, but not by POTUS 45/47.
Scary sheet music
Did the East Wing dig Bill?
The Performing Arts/Music - Classical Music & Jazz
4 December 2025
Bill Evans wouldn't be Bill Evans were it not for classical music.
Natural Note=Bill Evans was honored at Lincoln Center, but not by POTUS 45/47.
Scary sheet music
Did the East Wing dig Bill?
December 5, 2025 at 8:08 AM
«Soliloquies: The Progoff Diaries»
The Performing Arts/Music - Classical Music & Jazz
4 December 2025
Bill Evans wouldn't be Bill Evans were it not for classical music.
Natural Note=Bill Evans was honored at Lincoln Center, but not by POTUS 45/47.
Scary sheet music
Did the East Wing dig Bill?
The Performing Arts/Music - Classical Music & Jazz
4 December 2025
Bill Evans wouldn't be Bill Evans were it not for classical music.
Natural Note=Bill Evans was honored at Lincoln Center, but not by POTUS 45/47.
Scary sheet music
Did the East Wing dig Bill?
How would it have sounded had African-American pianist Natalie Hinderas played Stockhausen the way she played John Cage?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie...
December 5, 2025 at 7:23 AM
How would it have sounded had African-American pianist Natalie Hinderas played Stockhausen the way she played John Cage?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie...
«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...
Maria Callas - BOTD
The Performing Arts/Opera
2 December 2025
Had the following Tullio Serafin CDs on the shelves, but will now take them down, so I can listen in the kitchen.
Bellini: Highlights from Norma
Philadelphia: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Puccini: Arias
The Performing Arts/Opera
2 December 2025
Had the following Tullio Serafin CDs on the shelves, but will now take them down, so I can listen in the kitchen.
Bellini: Highlights from Norma
Philadelphia: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Puccini: Arias
December 2, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Maria Callas - BOTD
The Performing Arts/Opera
2 December 2025
Had the following Tullio Serafin CDs on the shelves, but will now take them down, so I can listen in the kitchen.
Bellini: Highlights from Norma
Philadelphia: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Puccini: Arias
The Performing Arts/Opera
2 December 2025
Had the following Tullio Serafin CDs on the shelves, but will now take them down, so I can listen in the kitchen.
Bellini: Highlights from Norma
Philadelphia: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Puccini: Arias
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
#NowSpinning from the Bis Complete Sibelius Edition, the incidental music to Hoffmansthal’s play ‘Everyman’. This is properly haunting stuff. Pure Sibelius, too.
I just discovered the MP3 Tag app.
I never realized how much Sibelius I had on my HD.
Now that I can find it, I can listen to it.
I just discovered the MP3 Tag app.
I never realized how much Sibelius I had on my HD.
Now that I can find it, I can listen to it.
November 29, 2025 at 9:20 AM
#NowSpinning from the Bis Complete Sibelius Edition, the incidental music to Hoffmansthal’s play ‘Everyman’. This is properly haunting stuff. Pure Sibelius, too.
I just discovered the MP3 Tag app.
I never realized how much Sibelius I had on my HD.
Now that I can find it, I can listen to it.
I just discovered the MP3 Tag app.
I never realized how much Sibelius I had on my HD.
Now that I can find it, I can listen to it.
Mona Washbourne - BOTD
The biopic «Stevie» is a gem of 1970s British Cinema.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Wa...
The biopic «Stevie» is a gem of 1970s British Cinema.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Wa...
November 27, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Mona Washbourne - BOTD
The biopic «Stevie» is a gem of 1970s British Cinema.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Wa...
The biopic «Stevie» is a gem of 1970s British Cinema.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Wa...
«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».
If asked to review two books of biography and poetry, I'd pair the Notting Hill edition of «The Lake Poets» with Thomas De Quincey's «Recollections of the Lakes and the Lake Poets» (1862), on Wordsworth, Coleridge, Southey and others in their circle.
#authors #literature #poetry #travelwriting
#authors #literature #poetry #travelwriting
November 26, 2025 at 9:36 AM
If asked to review two books of biography and poetry, I'd pair the Notting Hill edition of «The Lake Poets» with Thomas De Quincey's «Recollections of the Lakes and the Lake Poets» (1862), on Wordsworth, Coleridge, Southey and others in their circle.
#authors #literature #poetry #travelwriting
#authors #literature #poetry #travelwriting
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
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»
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Adaptation (2002)
Adaptation (2002)
November 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Adaptation (2002)
Adaptation (2002)
Writing - Articles, Essays, Interviews & Reviews
«The Romare Bearden Reader» is an anthology of writings by and about the artist by authors like Ralph Ellison, Toni Morrison, Albert Murray, Calvin Tomkins, John Edgar Wideman, August Wilson and a dozen others.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
«The Romare Bearden Reader» is an anthology of writings by and about the artist by authors like Ralph Ellison, Toni Morrison, Albert Murray, Calvin Tomkins, John Edgar Wideman, August Wilson and a dozen others.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
November 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Writing - Articles, Essays, Interviews & Reviews
«The Romare Bearden Reader» is an anthology of writings by and about the artist by authors like Ralph Ellison, Toni Morrison, Albert Murray, Calvin Tomkins, John Edgar Wideman, August Wilson and a dozen others.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
«The Romare Bearden Reader» is an anthology of writings by and about the artist by authors like Ralph Ellison, Toni Morrison, Albert Murray, Calvin Tomkins, John Edgar Wideman, August Wilson and a dozen others.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Post a book you love from the 80s. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
November 19, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Post a book you love from the 80s. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
The Visual Arts - Sports
In Memoriam Jacob ("Jake") Lawrence (1917–2000)
In Memoriam Jacob ("Jake") Lawrence (1917–2000)
November 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The Visual Arts - Sports
In Memoriam Jacob ("Jake") Lawrence (1917–2000)
In Memoriam Jacob ("Jake") Lawrence (1917–2000)
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
@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»
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