Month: December 2020

PEOPLE

Thomas Pynchon is no Jim Dodge

Post author By davidfrancislawlor
Post date December 23, 2020

“Some people think Jim Dodge is actually Thomas Pynchon.” Those words, followed by a broken chuckle from my professor, were all I needed to hear. I was transfixed. He had spoken the sentence with a mischievous implication of knowing. I looked about the room; nobody else appeared taken aback or affected. I half raised my […]

Tags california, Gravity's Rainbow, Humboldt, Humboldt State University, Jim Dodge, Mensa, Samoa, Sonoma County, The Crying of Lot 49, Thomas Pynchon

PLACE

An assemblage of islands, inlets, fjords, and coastlines

Post author By davidfrancislawlor
Post date December 21, 2020

At the firmament an assemblage of islands, inlets, fjords, and coastlines. Boreas a galloping cascade of sleeveless coattails descending the mountain’s face. Glacial, limpid waters define the arena; but in the naked open it is abruptly uneven and now eight-foot crests are blasting the bow in sonorous rhythm. The locals munch chowder and shrug. The […]

Tags Alaska, juneau, ketchikan, north, seattle, sitka, southeast