Our own poetic voices are the product of the voices of our heroes. Guess who mine are. Here in NaPoWriMo 2014, we’re encouraging everyone to write poetry every freakin’ day. As I […]
NaPoWriMo 2014: the importance of influence
ArtSaturday: is this poetry?
A bit of Saturday afternoon fun, courtesy of Thomas Stearns Eliot and Wordle.
The Best CDs of 2009, pt. 3: the Super-Platinum LPs
In Part 1 we noted that 2009 had produced some really good music. In Part 2 we explained that the past year had given us some really great music. Today, though, we […]
TunesDay: name those bands…
…and win a prize! Recently I was moving into my new office and decided to do something at least a little interesting on my walls. First I put these together – artistic […]
TunesDay: that new old sound
If you pay attention to my music entries, you may have noticed a recurrent theme. It seems a lot of the bands I hear these days, many of which I really like, […]
Assigning blame where it's due: The authors responsible for how Scrogues write (part 5)
Writers who shaped the consciousnesses, and influenced the styles, of Scholars and Rogues. Wendy Redal Hermann Hesse, especially for Narcissus & Goldmund: His study of the tension between reason and emotion as […]
Assigning blame where it's due: The authors responsible for how Scrogues write (part 4)
Writers who shaped the consciousnesses, and influenced the styles, of Scholars and Rogues. Denny Wilkins I wrote and edited news and commentary for a living for 20 years. I, as they say, […]
Assigning blame where it's due: The authors responsible for how Scrogues write (Part 3)
Writers who shaped the consciousnesses, and influenced the styles, of Scholars and Rogues. J.S. O’Brien The most influential writer and book of my life didn’t influence my writing style one bit (thank […]
Assigning blame where it's due: The authors responsible for how Scrogues write (part 2)
Writers who shaped the consciousnesses, and influenced the styles, of Scholars and Rogues. Lex As a reader of mostly non-fiction, with its division by subject rather than author, this is kind of […]
Assigning blame where it's due: The authors responsible for how Scrogues write (part 1)
Writers who shaped the consciousnesses, and influenced the styles, of Scholars and Rogues. Jim Booth F. Scott Fitzgerald for his prose style — Ernest Hemingway for his prose style — Thomas Wolfe […]
Progressive Culture | Scholars & Rogues 