Monthly Archives: March 2013

Two Competing Visions

Posted on March 27, 2013 by hnbjr

From Per Petterson’s remarkable I Curse the River of Time, two visions of death. He seems to think that the first, and not the second is inevitable, yet he spends considerably more effort describing the second, more pleasant alternative, so … Continue reading →

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Review of Peter Hessler’s River Town

Posted on March 27, 2013 by hnbjr

Peter Hessler was a Peace Corps volunteer in Sichuan in 1996-1998 and his book chronicling his life there, River Town, is an excellent Peace Corps memoir. Even though I can’t think of a place more different from Macedonia, where I served, … Continue reading →

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Some Jon Cook Music

Posted on March 27, 2013 by hnbjr

I didn’t make it to Louisville in time for Jon Cook’s memorial on March 9th, but I was in Louisville recently and I did extract some Jon Cook gems from my archives. The first two feature Jon’s collaborations with a … Continue reading →

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On the Unremarkable Processes of Life

Posted on March 9, 2013 by hnbjr

I had a relatively minor surgery last week and thus had more than the usual amount of time to sit around reading, especially about healthcare, medicine, and most of all its incredible rising cost. From Craig Bowron’s most recent article … Continue reading →

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