Friends – I’ve been putting off talking about one of the most problematic and fascinating figures of Enlightenment writing. I mean the author who my husband and I love to hate, and hate to love – the philosopher, social theorist, novelist, pedagogy expert, and memoirist, Jean Jacques Rousseau. Where to begin with this guy? Of … Continue reading February 27th 2017, Reading the 18th Century: Who are we really? Notes on human nature before civilization, after civilization, and the social contract by a weird Swiss guy who wrote about society but couldn’t actually bear to live in one. In other words, welcome to the world of Jean Jacques Rousseau, part 1
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Sunday speculations (disjointed), February 2, 2014: Here’s what we [don’t] talk about when we talk about Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Woody Allen
Dear Friends of the Unreal -- Today is a very strange day. Superbowl fever rages, while: a. an amazingly talented young actor was found in his Village apartment, dead from an overdose of heroin. b. a scandal/controversy rages (sort of) around a well known New York filmmaker. Words spew forth, and here I am spewing … Continue reading Sunday speculations (disjointed), February 2, 2014: Here’s what we [don’t] talk about when we talk about Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Woody Allen
Stephanie Barbé Hammer Writing (Un) Real 