Benjamin Espen
Fallout: SLC
I Might Believe in Faeries
Friend of the blog Aaron Irber invited me on his podcast I Might Believe in Faeries to talk about Tim Power’s masterful time-travel novel The Anubis Gates. I spoke with Aaron and his patrons for an hour an a half in a wide-ranging discussion on Powers’ use of symbolism,
The Long View: Left in Dark Times
Bernard-Henri Lévy, sometimes referred to simply as BHL, has had a remarkable life. While being known as a public intellectual, BHL has been a mover and shaker in politics in a way that most intellectuals can only dream. The most prominent example in my mind is when Lévy successfully got
Generation Y: The New Lost Generation
After last Monday’s re-visiting of the generational conflict in Great Teacher Onizuka, I wanted to turn to an illuminating collection of essays and short stories, Generation Y: The New Lost Generation 1979-1989 by JD Cowan, Brian Niemeier, and David V. Stewart. You can grab a free copy through JD’