new essay: I WONDER ABOUT MY CATS, in which i wonder about my cats

plus an appendix: I AM A CAT

new FEATURE: my author overview of HERMAN MELVILLE, which includes almost all of his fiction

Benito Cereno is well worth reading. I, not being a fiction or a US lit scholar, haven't read as much Melville as I should. I appreciate the overview.

new essay NUMBERS ON THE SCREEN, about what it feels like to post on platforms such as youtube or substack

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

"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?

added TEN NIGHTS OF DREAMS, SANSHIRO, and TO THE SPRING EQUINOX AND BEYOND to my Natsume Soseki overview

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

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

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...

Can't wait for Richard II. One of my favorites.

i'm lovin' the histories!! It appears Richard II will be in the next installment, barring any off-the-cuff re-orderings