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Reading Log: The Infinity of Lists (Umberto Eco)

I "finished" "reading" Umberto Eco’s fantabulous essay/anthology The Infinity of Lists. The scare quotes are necessary because Eco’s 400+ page volume is two books in one: an extended essay on the idea and example of lists in art and literature … Continue reading

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Umbert Eco on Lists and List-Making

I’m an inveterate list-maker and reader of lists. My notebooks are full of lists of various kinds; my otherwise haphazard “productivity” system is based on lists; I love anaphoric poems; found lists are one of my favorite finds inside used-books… … Continue reading

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“This notebook contains…”

Detritus, chaff, leavings, tailings, offal, filings, ruminations, machinations, disputations, contentions, inventions, illuminations, parentheticals, tangentials, orthogonals, meanders, asides, one-offs, take-offs, cast-offs, put-ons, take-downs, run-ups, fix-ups, surmises, surprises, repeats, repetitions, do-overs, gristle, bone, skin, shells, peels, seeds, drop, dollops, pinches, smidgens, dashes, … Continue reading

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The Gathering Begins

I am stretched too thin. I can’t think. It’s time to wean and weed. I follow many more blogs, sites, and publications than are listed in my always outdated sidebar and it’s become too much. I don’t have time for … Continue reading

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