Blog Posts for Matthew Biberman

Macbeth at the Globe, 1611: What Simon Forman Saw

Matthew Biberman — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 10:03:18 -0600

The astrologer Simon Forman went to the Globe on Saturday April 10th, 1611 and later wrote about it in his diary. Although it is tempting to paste in the entire account, I am going to drop it in

Hamlet, Freud and Stage Directions

Matthew Biberman — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 09:18:39 -0600

A crib on what to look for when you watch Hamlet. Remarks given during a roundtable prior to a performance of Hamlet (directed by Rinda Frye) at the University of Louisville (11/2/08).

Ahab, Bush and Obama Buttons: A Response to Stanley Fish

Matthew Biberman — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:25:07 -0500

Belle Yang drew my attention to Fish’s recent post over at the NYT where he wrote in support of current policy that forbids educators from wearing political campaign buttons while teaching:

Riding in the Rain with the Book in the Can

Matthew Biberman — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:16:34 -0500

On Thursday, I walked across the University of Louisville campus, reviewing what I would say about John Milton when I noticed that it was raining. Just a few drops. I looked up and the sky seemed

Literary Theory and Reality TV: A CONNECTION?

Matthew Biberman — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:32:49 -0500

In an earlier RR blog, I argued that the latter part of the twentieth century will go down in literary history as the AGE OF THEORY. The specific dates I picked I also stand behind: May 1968 to S

A HEAD SHOT STORY with the catalog copy of BIG SID'S VINCATI

Matthew Biberman — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:18:39 -0500

To get in the mood for my hastily arranged head shot photo shoot, I rode my Vincent Black Shadow over to Quadrant Studios (located across the Ohio River in Indiana).

Back on the Grid: Ike takes down Louisville’s Power

Matthew Biberman — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:00:28 -0500

It was a freak wind event: somehow Hurricane Ike unleashed some sort of trap door that let 75 mph winds drop out of the upper atmosphere and rake the Ohio River valley. There was no rain, the sky, a

PAUL WELLER>LETTERMAN>OBAMA or Freud on Pigs and Lipstick

Matthew Biberman — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:50:46 -0500

Inspired by Blair Kilpatrick’s gift of a Sauce Piquante CD, I made a pilgrimage to Boston to see Paul Weller play live at the Berklee Theater (on 9/9/08). I went with one of my best friends fro

Bellow/Roth vs. Bloom/Fish: The Jew as Metaphor

Matthew Biberman — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:11:32 -0500

A response to Vivian Gornick

(See her essay in the September Harper’s Magazine)

Big Bad Badiou: Theory's Last Superstar

Matthew Biberman — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:01:21 -0500

“In fact, apart from certain singular situations–that is, apart from the unremitting efforts of those who make thought, including political thought live—there is nothing apart from the Americ