Category Archives: Art

Science Fiction and the Literary World

Posted on April 17, 2015 by Barry Pomeroy

In her condemnation of contemporary novels, Linda Miller’s “How Novels Came to Terms with the Internet,” makes several arguments that many novelists—actually she argues all novelists worthy of the name—avoid the implications of the internet in their work by confining … Continue reading →

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The Type of Material for My Class

Posted on February 1, 2015 by Barry Pomeroy

I often assign in-class essays for my foreign students and I spend a lot of time trying to figure out what might be the most effective exercise for their skills. To be fair, or perhaps just, I try to avoid … Continue reading →

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The Palimpsest that is Our Lives

Posted on December 17, 2014 by Barry Pomeroy

I was listening to the radio today before I got out of bed and it was one of those days of poor reception. I was tuned to CBC in the foreground of the transmission, while in the background, for all … Continue reading →

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What Do You Do for Fun?

Posted on December 1, 2014 by Barry Pomeroy

One of my students asked me what I did with my time and he was at first aghast and then dismayed at my response. In the beginning I didn’t know he was asking about leisure time, so I described marking … Continue reading →

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