i saw karl knausgaard in seattle. he signed my winedark book

this weekend i saw the norwegian author and future nobel prize winner karl ove knausgaard give a talk at the town hall here in seattle. there were perhaps several hundred people in attendance. compare this to the last author i saw give a talk, hanne orstavik (also norwegian, by some coincidence) where there were perhaps …

Pluribus: I would join

yes. i would. i have no illusions of a unique or special individuality. the benefits far outweigh the downsides. if you haven't seen the show, i guess you should google or something. nah i kid. please keep reading my blog. in the new show from breaking bad and better call saul creator vince gilligan, an …

year 25 book

the year is over. i have read books. i read 35 books, which was my goal. good for me. of course the average number of pages per book was only around 200. so i actually read not as many pages as other years. oh well. it seems i read a lot compared to the average …

books

i've been reading them. i have not updated my list of books here in a long time. i have not written about a book in a long time. but i have read them, 40 last year. the most interesting and exciting and new of them all were probably the ones by juan emar. i say …

fiction, appearing, look, there it is

I have decided to post. the words have been written and sit dead but not decomposing because not even bacteria is consuming them. I have decided to post, where? not here. does anyone read wordpress anymore? I don't know. The engagement is low. The likes and comments do not exist. It used to be I'd …