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MICHAEL KAMAKANA
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We are all told, “live your life to the fullest”; I am here to do just that. MichaelKamakana serves as a vessel to project my passions, and clue in my loyal readers as to what inspires me in this crazy world. So, sit back, relax, and read on.
On seeing 'The Bigamist' Ida Lupino (1953) (movie review)
sympathetic midcentury portrayal of man not only marrying two women, but working as travelling salesman. no violence, no action, a lot of...
The Unicorn (book review) Iris Murdoch
i have not read much gothic(45), so i do not know how it uses gothic structures beyond the obvious: castle, sublime isolation, dangerous...
Carmen (book review) Prosper Mérimée
George Burnham Ives (Translation) 131218: everything you want in hopeless romantic dysfunctional love. and an opera...
In Black and White (book review) Jun'ichirō Tanizaki,
Phyllis I. Lyons (Translator) 201003: the man who wrote 'to the point of murder'... then in paranoia tries to extricate himself from how...
Impatience of the Heart (book review) Stefan Zweig,
Jonathan Katz (Translator) 190819: previous read as [book:Beware of Pity|59149] exactly when i decided to reread this i am uncertain....
Copenhagen (book review) Michael Frayn
201209 third reading: my father (physical chemist) died 2 March and since then i keep discovering things i would talk to him about, this...
The Death and Life of Great American Cities (book review) Jane Jacobs
??? 2000s?: you will never see a sidewalk the same after reading this...
A Long Hard Look at Psycho (book review) Raymond Durgnat
(BFI Film Classics) ??? 2010s?: not simply a cunningly crafted thriller, which loses its impact after one viewing, or an ur-text of...
Room 606 (book review) Michael Sheridan
The SAS House and the Work of Arne Jacobsen 220911: is it reasonable to mourn the loss of a building? the outer shell of SAS House still...
China in Ten Words (book review) Yu Hua,
Allan H. Barr (Translator) 200827: 1))best 2)book 3)read 4)on 5)puzzle 6)of 7)political 8)economical 9)Chinese 10)life...
The True Believer (book review) Eric Hoffer
Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements
Face Value (book review) Autumn Whitefield-Madrano
The Hidden Ways Beauty Shapes Women's Lives 230618: this is an excellent work on the getting, living, giving, of beauty. primarily by...
Existential Psychotherapy (book review) Irvin D. Yalom
121217: this book becomes more interesting and convincing as it goes- and this is a long book. for me, the application of existential...
The Meaning of Anxiety (book review) Rollo May
210924: exactly what title promises, in two ways, as defined and exhibited by various aspects of our culture, as to its ‘purpose’ in...
Essay: Laugh
Michael K Laidlaw About 3 500 words #406 3524 31st NW Calgary, Canada T2L 2A5 Email: 4451moana@gmail.com Laugh by Michael Kamakana I...
Essay: Transaction
Michael K Laidlaw About 3 000 words #406 3524 31st NW Calgary, Canada T2L 2A5 4451moana@gmail.com Transaction by Michael Kamakana I want...
