Retreat: Chapter 3

The third chapter of Retreat is here! Download the PDF. Due to difficult personal circumstances, Chapters 3 and 4 were delayed. My sincere apologies about that. The story continues next week. -Kugelmass PS.… Read More →

Thinking Like Melanie: Zizek, Hitchcock, Psychoanalysis

Well, uh, these are for my sister, for her birthday, see, and uh, as she’s only gonna be eleven, I, I wouldn’t want a pair of birds that were… too demonstrative. -”Mitch Brenner,” The… Read More →

happiness zombies attack humanity, proving reality is broken

I’ve been reading Jane McGonigal’s Reality Is Broken, thanks to an alert reader responding to my discussion of video games in “From This Point Forward.” It’s good, which is pretty remarkable, considering the topic.… Read More →

Translating Manzoni On Cinco De Mayo

I have already written the music for that catastrophe — seventeen years ago. -Ludwig van Beethoven, upon learning that Napoleon had died All criticism is a form of autobiography. -Oscar Wilde *** Dear… Read More →

In which we respond to many terrific requests

Dear readers, One of the best things about having a blog is that people send you links. They’re not chosen at random, either — they’re links that, based on what I write, these… Read More →

The Blank Caught Fire: poems

The Blank Caught Fire: poems Dear readers, People are always asking me, “Why so much prose, Kugelmass? Why no poetry?” I remember my poetry instructor in college asking me this, for example. Well,… Read More →

Retreat: Chapter 2

The second chapter of Retreat is here! We now have page numbers. Download the PDF. The story continues on May 15th. Enjoy. I hope you had a very happy Whitsun! -Kugelmass PS. You… Read More →

Minding The Campus Takes Its Best Shot At This Blog

Dear readers, Today is an immensely exciting day. I’ve discovered that on April 5, 2011, a blogger named David Thompson wrote a column for “Minding The Campus” concerning my earlier post, “There’s No… Read More →

Contradisciplinary #1: A Conversation About Sainthood With Sherwin Siy

Dear readers, In an attempt to realize, in fact, what I’ve been discussing in theory — namely, using blogging to foster a series of dialogues about current intellectual problems and issues — I… Read More →

Retreat: Chapter 1

This is the front material and first chapter of my novel, Retreat. The next piece will be published on May 1st. The publication schedule, as well as the division of the work into books… Read More →