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Flash Poem to Self: “Be confident, not sad sap, sipping quietly in corner bar:” On Writing, Cultivation, and Balancing Art/Mind.
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I will be confident — not sad sap, sipping quietly in corner bar. I will be, act, speak with intention. I will be finished, will shop my novel.
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The Japanization of Modernity: Murakami Haruki between Japan and the United States
Academia, Adventure, anime, Anthropology, Art, asia, asian studies, Author, Authors, Backpacking, Blogging, Book Blog, books, bookstagram, columbia missouri, comparative literature, crowdfunding, crowdsourcing, Culture, education, English, essay, writingAdventure, Art, かみ, Backpacking, book review, book reviews, critical theory, culture, folklore, haruki murakami, japan, japanese, jungian, literary, literary agent, literary criticism, literary fiction, literary theory, literature, memoir, murakami, Mythology, nihongo, nippon, travel, Writing, 四回, 文化, 文我高, 日本, 日本語, 村神, 余暇い
Oh, Murakami, you sly fox, you mercurial and fluid, thread a web between East and west that we at once desperately need and can’t quite comprehend. And yet we return, thirsty and increasingly drunk of the elixir that is the product of your craft.
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Fast Times at Ilium: The Glorious Lives & Deaths Homer’s Iliad
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Keeping with the dualistic nature of Epic literature to be a hero requires great tragedy. One must all at once bring and preserve life while taking it. Within this text, war is clearly demarcated as a symbol of achieving glory.
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On the Road Less Traveled : A Personal Essay on the Path of Most Resistance and the Adventure That is Life.
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Don’t be victimized by the culture of fear. Our planet is waiting to be explored, to reveal it’s secrets to you, to me, to any who dare ask, it will expose you to the raw truths of life. To the quarks of distant cultures and alien tongues. To disgusting foods and delicious cuisines, to dangerous…
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Interview with Maria Rochelle
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Get to know Nicholas over this discussion on travel, literature, writing, life, love and losing oneself in the beautiful madness of modern life.
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On Arabic Sweets and the Middle East: Kunafa
All of these things are true… I had been in Jordan for several weeks and my love affair with Arabian sweets had reached a lofty peak. In fact, I would begin and end each day with a platter of pastries, smothered in honeys and syrups that would flood through heaps of pistachios on my plate. Then it happened… I…
Nicholas Andriani Rankin 