Tag Archives: Italo Calvino

“A Hermit in Paris” or “A Commie in America”?

Posted on June 29, 2018 by Joel D. Hirst

“I believe that this is the ideal condition for a writer, close to anonymity: that is when his maximum authority develops, when the writer does not have a face, a presence, but the world he portrays takes up the whole … Continue reading →

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“The Baron in the Trees” by Italo Calvino

Posted on April 21, 2018 by Joel D. Hirst

There are all types of writers. Writers who make you think. Writers who make you laugh, or who make you cry. Writers who show you another side of a world you have never considered. Writers who open their hearts to … Continue reading →

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The Inferno of the Living

Posted on February 18, 2018 by Joel D. Hirst

There’s a cyclicalness to the world that makes us uncomfortable. We in the west prefer to think that things are neatly stacked, one idea upon another in a glorious edifice of success; eschewing the crumbling waste which is not to … Continue reading →

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