My review of Jonathan Carroll’s Teaching the Dog to Read has just been published on Rhizomaticideas.com. It’s a great novella — both worth reading and worth reading about. This novella has been released in a limited edition, signed hardcover, so if you want a physical copy, pick it up soon.
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Jonathan Carroll’s Bathing the Lion: A Response to a Harsh Review
Laura Browning’s review of Jonathan Carroll’s Bathing the Lion for the A.V. Club, “Bathing the Lion Ruins a Great Premise,” leaves me with seriously mixed feelings. On the one hand, I’m glad Carroll is getting reviewed in a major outlet. On the other hand, the review was completely negative. The problem with this negative review is that it getsContinue reading “Jonathan Carroll’s Bathing the Lion: A Response to a Harsh Review”
The Woman Who Married a Cloud
Every so often, you’ll read a short story and come across a line that hits you just right. Here’s my latest: “I’ll buy you any two pencils you want if we can leave right now.” Ha… It’s from the short story “Home on the Rain” by Jonathan Carroll, which you can read in his latest collection,Continue reading “The Woman Who Married a Cloud”
Reading Bones of the Moon
When I first started drafting this blog, I’d just finished the third of three days teaching Jonathan Carroll’s Bones of the Moon. “Teaching” is perhaps a misleading word after the first day, as for the most part we talk about the book — so my students may as well be teaching me. The first day,Continue reading “Reading Bones of the Moon“
Reading Jonathan Carroll
Those of us who read have authors who have become a part of our lives. Jonathan Carroll is one of mine, alongside William Blake, Søren Kierkegaard, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Annie Dillard, J.R.R. Tolkein, C.S. Lewis, Louise Erdrich, John Updike, J.D. Salinger, James Joyce, the Bible, and several others. There’s no point trying to be exhaustive.Continue reading “Reading Jonathan Carroll”
The Philosophy of Contemporary Song 