Failure, Tragedy, & Comedy, (and a little about “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”)
Thoughts on Seymour Krim and George W. S. Trow that probably fail to illuminate the uses of comedy and tragedy.
Tagged: Failure
The Christmas Baby (On Thanksgiving)
My most eventful Thanksgiving by far happened two years ago, when what was supposed to be our Christmas-time baby showed up Thanksgiving Day instead.
The Joys of Collective Failure
In fairness, not all collective failures are like the stock photos above, however.Sometimes there are systems involved that encourage collective failure.
A Reverie on Failure Part 9: To Dominate This Mortal Briar Patch
I spent my writing time carving out that little zone, a place for myself. The intense labor of doing so reminded me that the world is a kind of thicket.
The Jim Leyland Experience
What Jim Leyland knows about baseball could save your life—or at least your sanity.
To Fail as a Son
The last time I saw my father I was twelve years old. Before boarding the airplane that would return me to the home of my mother and step-father, I had sat on the edge...
