Category Archives: Telling Stories

You Don’t Have to Date Them to Understand Them

Posted on June 29, 2009 by randomyriad

I remember one of my professors in college trying to explain to a student why we should read about characters we don’t like. It was the main character in Dostoyevski’s  “Notes from the Underground“, or was it one of Saul … Continue reading →

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Pale Green Pants and Mad Poets: My Summer Literature

Posted on June 21, 2009 by randomyriad

Summer Teaching I have started full time at my summer job of keeping my little friends busy and safe. All I have to do is pay attention and go with their flow, and all is well. No paper workjust being … Continue reading →

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The Lost World of Fiction

Posted on May 26, 2009 by randomyriad

I have not been able to find that mystical space where I find stories. It is lost in the fog of long hours of work and no silence, of dreams interrupted by my alarm at 6:00 in the morning. It … Continue reading →

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Palomar and Another Snowy Bus Ride

Posted on December 20, 2008 by randomyriad

Palomar I just finished Gilbert Hernandez “Palomar” a complete collection of his comic written and drawn in 80’s and 90’s. Wow! What a different universe he lives in. Most writer/artists who create serious comics seem to approach life from a … Continue reading →

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Dream Dog Dilemma on a Divided Road

Posted on November 22, 2008 by randomyriad

A man in a square cut black suit and broad-brimmed black hat, accompanied by a knee-high black dog, walks around bright white cement island in the middle of a gravel road, dividing a higher path from a lower one. All … Continue reading →

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