3 RIVERSIDE COMPANIONS

Since my book The River at Night came out in 2019 I have put out occasional zines related to the book, but which I’d like to think are interesting on their own, too.

Here’s how you can get these zines. There are several ways:

You can buy them individually:

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Riverside Companion #1
$5.00
 
The Riverside Companion #2
The Riverside Companion #2
$8.00
 
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The Riverside Companion #3
$8.00
 

Or as a bundle:

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The Riverside Companion #1-3 (Bundle)
$20.00
 

Or, if you subscribe right now you’ll get #s 1 and 3 (see here for more details), as well as access to alternate expanded digital versions.


Book Notes - Santayana

On The Philosophy of George Santayana. This is the second edition. It came out the year GS died, 1951.

(quickly re: George Santayana…I am only interested in him in proximity to William James, (similar to interest in Royce or even Henry James(!)) who I am interested in many times more. I don’t like GS or his philosophy , but I’m interested…in general, from what little I’ve read (he wrote 30+ books). But prox. to Wm James plus his weird (too lazy rn to be describe better…) way of writing is enough to get me to grab a book if I see it for cheap or for free… I bought this book because the price was right and because it looked good on the shelf… It’s an era of philosophical writing and especially book design! that I’m really into…)

The book itself is a “…answers his critics” where various heavy hitters write about GS and then he gets a lot of space to respond.

 
 

Notes on Allegory and Ideology by Frederic Jameson

 

under construction

-I’ll upload these pages a few at a time, as a treat (to myself).

I loved reading this book, mornings dense with epiphanies, and I hope there are some interesting tantalizing weird or funny notes in here that will brighten up things for you (skull emoji).

to be cont’d

LINKS and PLUGS

I’m in the middle of Joe Sacco’s Paying The Land and really enjoying it. Recommended!! Notice how he draws eyes. Weird! It’s consistent, often clearly looking in to the light/camera. His drawing is incredible in this book. The story itself is the main thing, though, and an incredible tale of Canada.

from Joe Sacco’s “Paying The Land”

 

The way Segar was translated into French, in terms of design and publishing, is sure weird! I like it, even though the Frechness of it at times is too French, if that makes sense? I can’t speak to the actual translation translation, but who knows, probably “Let’s you and him fight” is funny in French, too. I’ll write an essay about it someday…maybe… Several old French Segar Popeyes can be read clicking around at this link.