Present Imperfect: A case for the not-so-great novel, like 1Q84

As noted in my previous and first entry, Real Combat, I’m interested in what Amalfitano, in Roberto Bolaño’s 2666, calls “great, imperfect, torrential works.” It was therefore only natural that I were to eventually crack open the used, single-volume edition...

Real Combat: Late capitalism through the lens of Bolaño

I’ve always been attracted to what Amalfitano, in Roberto Bolaño’s 2666, calls the “great, imperfect, torrential works, books that blaze the path into the unknown.” Like Amalfitano, a professor of philosophy on the verge—like most, perhaps—of madness, I’m interested in...

Introducing The Ten Percent

Perhaps it’s a myth, but it’s compelling regardless, that we only use 10% of our brain. Similarly, for those of us who don’t have a photographic memory or any other supernatural abilities to save us some time, allow us to...