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Graham Greene on Somerset Maugham in 1934
Mr. Maugham represents Maupassant's influence when most English short-story writers of any merit represent Chekov's. Mr. Maugham can write nothing without inspiring confidence ; he is a writer of great deliberation even when his…
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Struttin’ with Some Barbecue: Louis Armstrong, August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971 [by David Lehman]
Struttin with Some Barbecue Born on the 4th of July 1900, if you believe him,or August 4, 1901, if the fact-checker rules;same birthday as Shelley; a Leo, with Aries rising,New Orleans his native city,…
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“The main difference between genius and stupidity ,. . ” [by Albert Einstein]
with thanks to Terence Winch
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Catherine Gonick: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
___________________________________ Thoughts of God For me, behind the Christian God breathed the Jewish God. Jesus was a person of interest and I wasn't…
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Somerset Maugham: “to appeal for succour to a God he did not believe in. . .”
<< It seemed to him that it was only by an effort of will that he did not curl up in a corner and whimper. He had an instinct to appeal for succour to…
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Deconstruction in Action [by David Lehman]
Proponents of deconstruction believe in reversing binary oppositions, turning things upside down. An exact illustration: In December 2023, Mamdani said that Israel is not a state, it's an idea. This week, the talking heads…
