Archive: Apr 2014

Pen or computer? (Material) Pen, computer, print-out; pen, computer, print-out.  Repeat. Sitting or standing? (Pose) Walking/ running while planning;  sitting while writing. Read More

How do I feel about winning the Samuel Johnson Prize?  The answer is predictable and embarrassing.  In a word, smug.  And since there’s nothing more unattractive than smugness I’m not going to go on about it.  Let’s imagine instead what my subject, d'Annunzio, would have thought of the award. Read More