Story Title: 'Asthma' by Seneca. Source: The Art of the Personal Essay (Anchor Books) Date Read: 17th September 2011 Afterthoughts: In this second entry from Roman philosopher, Seneca the Younger, Lopate offers us another example of Seneca's … [Read more...]
‘The Moon Under Water’ by George Orwell
February 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Story Title: 'The Moon Under Water' by George Orwell. Source: Orwell Prize website Date Read: 9th February 2011 Afterthoughts: In this short but perfectly formed essay, read by me as it happens 65 years to the day when it was first published … [Read more...]
‘On Noise’ by Seneca
January 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Story Title: 'On Noise' by Seneca. Source: The Art of the Personal Essay (Anchor Books) Date Read: 25th January 2011 Afterthoughts: This literary composition from Seneca - in which he muses on the distraction of noise - is more life lesson than … [Read more...]
‘Collecting Nature’ by Anne Fadiman
January 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Story Title: 'Collecting Nature' by Anne Fadiman. Source: At Large and At Small (Allen Lane) Date Read: 25th January 2011 Afterthoughts: In this somewhat lengthy essay, Fadiman takes the reader into the world of childhood entomology, where in her … [Read more...]