Kojin Karatani on the Will to Architecture
Kojin Karatani’s “will to architecture” surfaces in disciplines ranging from literature and psychoanalysis to anthropology and mathematics.
John Steinbeck’s Cannery Row Literary Tour
Keywords Cannery Row, John Steinbeck, Sweet Thursday, Ed Ricketts, Literary Tour, Audio Tour “Cannery Row in Monterey in California is a poem, a stink, a …
Paul Valery on the Common Material of Poets and Philosophers
Keywords Paul Valery, Poetry and Abstract Thought, Poetry, Philosophy “Poetry is simply literature reduced to the essence of its active principle. It is purged of …
Independent Scholarship: Joseph Campbell on Reading Nine Hours a Day
Keywords Joseph Campbell, A Hero’s Journey, Reading, Independent Scholarship “A hero is someone who has given their life to something bigger than oneself.” Joseph Campbell …
Clive Thompson on the Creative Imagination of Coders
Keywords Clive Thompson, Coders, Creative Imagination “Code giveth, and code can taketh away.” Clive Thompson Clive Thompson, author of Coders: The Making of a New …
