Category Archives: Culture

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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Content Management and the Internet

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Barry Pomeroy

In prehistory the production of goods was done by hand and the potential purchaser had an item they could examine and then buy. The item was a chipped rock and the purchase was made with promise, threat, or exchange of … 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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Outsourcing our Memory

Posted on January 17, 2015 by Barry Pomeroy

I’ve been editing some journals lately and I am often struck by how little I remember about events that theoretically happened in my own life. I wonder at my own reports of meeting what sound like wonderful people and having … Continue reading →

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The Khoisan People and their History

Posted on January 10, 2015 by Barry Pomeroy

It seems incredible to me that we have an ancient lineage of people existing today. That means that while the rest of the world was happily breeding with whomever, the Khoisan went their own way. In order to find a … Continue reading →

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The Stars of the Herschels and the Books of our Library

Posted on January 5, 2015 by Barry Pomeroy

I was thinking of Caroline and William Herschel tonight, counting the many thousands of visible stars, not once being daunted by the enormous task. For most people in the cities, who only hear about the stars by report, or see … 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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