Greg Kindall
@gregkindall.bsky.social
non ridere, non lugere, neque detestari, sed intelligere
Music critic Michael Walsh, in a piece on music critic Samuel Lipman, mentioned him, piquing my curiosity (New Criterion, Sept '26).
The wiki page on Nyiregyházi is fascinating:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ervin_N...
The wiki page on Nyiregyházi is fascinating:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ervin_N...
Ervin Nyiregyházi - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
September 18, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Music critic Michael Walsh, in a piece on music critic Samuel Lipman, mentioned him, piquing my curiosity (New Criterion, Sept '26).
The wiki page on Nyiregyházi is fascinating:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ervin_N...
The wiki page on Nyiregyházi is fascinating:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ervin_N...
my one encounter with an Aurochs (in a little old-fashioned museum in Hjørring, Denmark).
September 10, 2026 at 5:18 PM
my one encounter with an Aurochs (in a little old-fashioned museum in Hjørring, Denmark).
2/2 It challenged my patience but I'm glad to have read it.
Translated by the redoubtable Rosmarie Waldrop.
I read Paul Auster's 'The Book of the Dead' in his essay collection 'The Art of Hunger' so I knew in advance something of what I should expect.
Translated by the redoubtable Rosmarie Waldrop.
I read Paul Auster's 'The Book of the Dead' in his essay collection 'The Art of Hunger' so I knew in advance something of what I should expect.
September 10, 2026 at 5:08 PM
2/2 It challenged my patience but I'm glad to have read it.
Translated by the redoubtable Rosmarie Waldrop.
I read Paul Auster's 'The Book of the Dead' in his essay collection 'The Art of Hunger' so I knew in advance something of what I should expect.
Translated by the redoubtable Rosmarie Waldrop.
I read Paul Auster's 'The Book of the Dead' in his essay collection 'The Art of Hunger' so I knew in advance something of what I should expect.
just a temporary satiety - I'll be back for more.
September 4, 2026 at 8:40 PM
just a temporary satiety - I'll be back for more.
I haven't read it. I've made a project of reading through his major works in chronological order (I'm also reading the Lewes biography) so EA will get its turn a little further down the road.
August 30, 2026 at 6:08 AM
I haven't read it. I've made a project of reading through his major works in chronological order (I'm also reading the Lewes biography) so EA will get its turn a little further down the road.
listening now...
(I thought the album cover must be a Cocteau drawing but it's by British artist Luke Edward Hall, who paints/draws in a Cocteauesque vein.)
(I thought the album cover must be a Cocteau drawing but it's by British artist Luke Edward Hall, who paints/draws in a Cocteauesque vein.)
August 27, 2026 at 9:11 PM
listening now...
(I thought the album cover must be a Cocteau drawing but it's by British artist Luke Edward Hall, who paints/draws in a Cocteauesque vein.)
(I thought the album cover must be a Cocteau drawing but it's by British artist Luke Edward Hall, who paints/draws in a Cocteauesque vein.)
Cover art:
Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Summer Solstice - In Memory of the American Chestnut Tree (1961-66). Watercolor on paper, 54" x 60". Private collection.
Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Summer Solstice - In Memory of the American Chestnut Tree (1961-66). Watercolor on paper, 54" x 60". Private collection.
August 25, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Cover art:
Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Summer Solstice - In Memory of the American Chestnut Tree (1961-66). Watercolor on paper, 54" x 60". Private collection.
Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Summer Solstice - In Memory of the American Chestnut Tree (1961-66). Watercolor on paper, 54" x 60". Private collection.
who's working on a translation of this?
Am I going to have to learn Dutch?
Am I going to have to learn Dutch?
August 20, 2026 at 8:25 PM
who's working on a translation of this?
Am I going to have to learn Dutch?
Am I going to have to learn Dutch?
Appended thereto is a fine Essay on Walton by Andrew Lang, Scottish folklorist, angler, and one of the translators who first introduced me to the Iliad (Lang, Leaf, & Myers, 1883).
August 19, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Appended thereto is a fine Essay on Walton by Andrew Lang, Scottish folklorist, angler, and one of the translators who first introduced me to the Iliad (Lang, Leaf, & Myers, 1883).
Cover art:
Konstantin Somov (1869-1939), The Boxer [portrait of Boris Snezhkovsky] (1933). Oil on canvas, 54.8cm x 46cm. Private collection.
If I understand correctly, Christies auctioned this in 2011 in a lot together with the boxing gloves pictured in the portrait.
Konstantin Somov (1869-1939), The Boxer [portrait of Boris Snezhkovsky] (1933). Oil on canvas, 54.8cm x 46cm. Private collection.
If I understand correctly, Christies auctioned this in 2011 in a lot together with the boxing gloves pictured in the portrait.
August 13, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Cover art:
Konstantin Somov (1869-1939), The Boxer [portrait of Boris Snezhkovsky] (1933). Oil on canvas, 54.8cm x 46cm. Private collection.
If I understand correctly, Christies auctioned this in 2011 in a lot together with the boxing gloves pictured in the portrait.
Konstantin Somov (1869-1939), The Boxer [portrait of Boris Snezhkovsky] (1933). Oil on canvas, 54.8cm x 46cm. Private collection.
If I understand correctly, Christies auctioned this in 2011 in a lot together with the boxing gloves pictured in the portrait.