balckwell
1 week ago
second annual edition of the BALCKWELL ROUND-UP in which i collect a bunch of fragments that never went anywhere and let them loose upon the world
emilynhoward
1 week ago
"Being thrilled is simply not enjoyable to me" God, somebody finally said it. What is this obesession with having your nervous system tweaked to the edge of collapse all the time?
balckwell
1 week ago
added TEN NIGHTS OF DREAMS, SANSHIRO, and TO THE SPRING EQUINOX AND BEYOND to my Natsume Soseki overview
balckwell
3 weeks ago
added download links for my first novel, ONLY IN DREAMS, because it only just occurred to me that i have my own website now and can just host the files directly
balckwell
4 weeks ago
new ABOUT page -- as i change, my life story changes retroactively behind me; a new era of Balckwell (likely indistinguishable from any other era) requires a new ABOUT
balckwell
1 month ago
PART THREE of BY HOOK OR BY CROOK: A HATER'S QUEST TO ENJOY SHAKESPEARE, in which i return to shakespeare and, dare i say, begin to enjoy it...
balckwell
1 month ago
i'm lovin' the histories!! It appears Richard II will be in the next installment, barring any off-the-cuff re-orderings
balckwell
1 month ago
PART TWO of BY HOOK OR BY CROOK: A HATER'S QUEST TO ENJOY SHAKESPEARE, in which i explore a few of shakespeare's contemporaries...
balckwell
1 month ago
did you know there are only ~30 extant greek tragedies? a man could quite conceivably read them all... for context
balckwell
2 months ago
new feature: BY HOOK OR BY CROOK: A HATER'S QUEST TO ENJOY SHAKESPEARE -- Introduction & Part One
saddleblasters
2 months ago
ezra pound also seemed to think the histories were shakespeare's best work, though i've never read them for myself. maybe when you get to the henriad i'll read along with you...
new essay NUMBERS ON THE SCREEN, about what it feels like to post on platforms such as youtube or substack