Category Archives: Reading

A Plea for Engagement

Posted on February 15, 2007 by Francois Lachance

Donna J. Haraway in an interview with Thyrza Nicolas Goodeve published under the title How Like A Leaf calls for a linking of reading and acting. What has to happen is that literacies have to be encouraged, as well as … Continue reading →

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Irony

Posted on January 30, 2007 by Francois Lachance

On Gore Vidal’s BookForum (Dec 06 /Jan 07) interview I was prompted to read the BookForum interview with Gore Vidal by someone’s reaction to the remarks about the death of an American readership under the rubric “in memoriam literati”. It … Continue reading →

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Tmesis

Posted on December 22, 2006 by Francois Lachance

Roland Barthes as translated by Richard Miller reflects at one point in the Pleasure of the Text upon passages that are skipped over boldly or skimmed only. And as the eye roves over the page, tempted to fly in concert … Continue reading →

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Side-Effects

Posted on December 20, 2006 by Francois Lachance

Ubik by Philip K. Dick has at the head of each section or chapter a mock advertisement set almost like the verse that accompanies the prose sections of Mennipean satire. For example, the eleventh: Taken as directed, Ubik provides uninterrupted … Continue reading →

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