You don’t mind staying? they asked. Do you want anything? Some coffee, maybe? I’m fine, I say And they left for dinner, the brothers and their families I sat next…
Category: essay
Seeking Hatsune Miku
“Hatsune Miku is clearly a more complex phenomenon than I initially assumed. Requires further study.” @GreatDismal William Gibson’s Twitter Feed On March 9, 2010, several thousand glowstick-waving Japanese fans gathered…
A “Restorative” Hermeneutics of Myth
Updating the Map: Toward a “Restorative” Hermeneutics of Mythology Mark Oppenneer (2002) I have a picture in my mind of a worn and yellowed map. In the center of the…
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Epic of Gilgamesh: Origin, Subject and Function Mark Oppenneer (2002) The purpose of the essay is two-fold: it will explore The Epic of Gilgamesh by fielding what Robert A. Segal,…