July 2020 - Andrew Blackman

Reading

Children of the Cave: A Fascinating Finnish Novel of Ideas

In Children of the Cave, Finnish writer Virve Sammalkorpi imagines an encounter between a group of explorers and some strange creatures living in a…

Thinking

No, I Don’t Have the Bandwidth Right Now

Something is very wrong with the English language. People have started asking me if I have the “bandwidth” to work on new…

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Stefanie on The Theologians: Borges Marathon, Part 29: “Fascinating story. I love how wide-ranging Borges is in his story subject matter and method. Even if he revisits the…” Apr 29, 21:47
Marcie on The Theologians: Borges Marathon, Part 29: “As usual, reading your thoughts on each of these stories sparks my curiosity once more. (I know I’ve read all…” Apr 28, 20:37
Marcie McCauley on The Dead Man: Borges Marathon, Part 28: “Of course you will get that far: you once thought you wouldn’t’ve gotten THIS far!” Apr 8, 21:11
Marcie McCauley on Sublimation by Isabel J. Kim: “I seem to remember you read Mohsin Hamid’s Exit West at some point? or maybe you just commented about it…” Apr 8, 20:59
Andrew Blackman on The Dead Man: Borges Marathon, Part 28: “Yes, exactly! You’re right, there are plenty of Borges stories where the titles are intentionally misleading. I could probably write…” Mar 23, 20:28