The Political Nature of Art
“The artist’s job is to be a witness to his time in history.” –Robert Rauschenberg For nearly two decades I have been bound to the mystic…
The Author’s Duty
As a writer for more than a quarter century now, it was not until reading Yevgeny Zamyatin’s We that I gave the idea of the author’s duty,…
On My Fascination with
the Renaissance and
the French Revolution
I have been continuously obsessed with the French Revolution since I first learned about it in grade school. Only the Renaissance rivaled this event for me…
On Why I Can No Longer Read Literature
I used to love literature, fiction and poetry primarily. I am a devotee of the classics and will always be. But the last decade of my…