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Matthew Biberman's Blog
July 20, 2010
- My friend and grad school adviser Stanley Fish sent shock waves through the blogosphere when he praised Sarah Palin's book. "I wouldn't count myself a fan in the sense of being a supporter," he wrote in a review, still "I found it compelling and very well done." Given the howls of objections that Fish received, I feel some trepidation in weighing in on the current flap ...
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July 10, 2010
- One enduring legacy of Freud’s work is the broad recognition within the culture of his “Oedipal” Theory. Most educated people can parse Freud’s claim, namely that early in the child’s development, he (and as first formulated the infant is a he) struggles to resolve his love of his mother with his hatred of his father. If negotiated successfully, the child learns to ...
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June 22, 2010
- There are few books I love more than this novel by Gustave Flaubert. The urge to reread it bloomed in me after I finished my memoir BIG SID’S VINCATI. At first I didn’t know why I felt as I did but after a little thought I thought I came up with an answer. More than any other writer, Flaubert mastered the ability to convey a certain mood that spoke to me. In his introduction to the ...
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June 10, 2010
- (--for Ivory)For years the best story I had when it came to throwing it down on the subject of a writer’s life involved Carmen Electra’s ass. If you come across the winter 1997 “2nd Anniversary edition” of the short-lived cigar magazine SMOKE, you will discover in it a feature story I wrote on land speed motorcycle racing. The editors must have thought highly of my work because they ...
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May 8, 2010
- Despite the chattering masses insistence that we have left behind the shackles of monochromatic forms, most lovers of literature remain lodged within the confines of the printed word. No pictures, no mixed media, no audio, no textile experiences invade the high and lonely silence of the mind’s contemplation of the slashes and curves that from a certain distance resolve into letters, and ...
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April 29, 2010
- In the past few days administrators at Middlesex University in England have decided to terminate all philosophy programs. The news is rocketing through internet and rocking intellectuals to their very cores.This is not an attack on a mid or low level program. This is an attack on what is arguably the flagship program in the entire country. If Middlesex pushes this through, you can just ...
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April 25, 2010
- A thumb’s up from Billy Joel for my book BIG SID’S VINCATI wouldn’t change anything. Copies wont suddenly fly off shelves. But ever since my friend Alex told me Joel has a copy of my book I keep hoping to hear from him. Alex wrenches Bill’s bikes, 8 of which he took on the road with him when he went on tour earlier this year with Elton John. Like quite a few motorcyclists I have ...
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March 22, 2010
- I am continually amazed by the amount of talent in Louisville. Among musicians, one of the very best is Andrea Davidson, a singer songwriter, who has just released her second CD, entitled Retracing Steps. She recorded it at Brian Cronin’s Cornerstone Studios where I was fortunate to cross paths with her several times as I was also then working with Brian on a trailer for my memoir Big ...
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February 25, 2010
- In his study of the Rat Man, Freud presents his fervent wish for his treatment program. When his patient asks if talking about his problems might bring about a cure, Freud points at the grave goods decorating his consulting room. He says, “for them burial meant preservation. Pompeii had only started to decay once it had been unearthed” (Penguin pb, 142). When it comes to our current ...
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January 28, 2010
- “That my lady Beatrice should know me and not know me!” The line is Benedict’s and it is from what may be Shakespeare’s most perfectly crafted comedy, Much Ado About Nothing, now being staged at Louisville’s Walden Theater by the Savage Rose Theatre (Jan 28-30, Feb 4-6 at 7:30 pm, and Feb 6 at 2pm). In the midst of a night of masked revelry, Benedict has just danced with Beatrice, ...
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December 25, 2009
- In college I studied with the novelist Ernest Herbert. It was the late 80’s and we were exiting the age of the typewriter—a not so minor point to me when it came to trying to make some profitable sense out of Herbert’s advice. He was a three draft writer. He banged out a complete typescript. Then he retyped it, working carefully on fleshing out the scenes. Then he typed it a ...
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December 22, 2009
- September 19-10th: East Coast Timing Association September Meet. Recap: Big Sid Racing made its debut. With Motorcyclist editor Aaron Frank in the saddle Overtime Tina, Big Sid’s 600cc racing Vincent single set a record in the M/VG-650/4 class of 100+ mph. Tina then broke her own record and posted a speed of 105.506, a record that remains current. After four runs, Tina seized an ...
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October 25, 2009
- Much contemporary entertainment owes practically everything to Christopher Marlowe’s Dr. Faustus. The play may not have exerted a massive influence on love stories or romantic comedies, but when it comes to entertainment that trades on special effects or horror, Faustus remains the unholy mother of all. It is equally responsible for the river of psychological case studies that followed, ...
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October 17, 2009
- With my co-editor Julia Lupton, I put together a special issue of Shakespeare Yearbook entitled "Shakespeare After 9/11" that should be out soon. The Modern Language Association recently aired a show as part of their "What's the Word series" on how the events of September 11th changed the way we read Shakespeare's plays about politics and leadership. Three contributors to ...
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September 23, 2009
- Sometimes a picture says it all: Motorcyclist editor Aaron Frank on Overtime Tina, setting an ECTA Record (M/VG-650/4) at 105.506 mph.
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