Weekly Review: October 9th to October 15th
by Matthew Koslowski on October 16, 2009
in Weekly Reviews
Running a blog is a job in and of itself. Since starting this blog, my respect for journalists has grown because I have learned how much time it takes to craft a single post.
My essays are pure opinion pieces. I read a book, a poem, an essay, or a news article. Then I think about what I’ve read and then look at my world and see if its relevant, judge if I think others might enjoy reading about my interaction with that work.
And it takes me between two and four hours to write these essays.
Yet I’m hooked. I love writing here because I feel more alive because I am again engaging the world in ways that I haven’t since college. Each essays calls upon me to look at my world and analyze it and reflect upon it.
This is another great gift of literature.
And, yes, I call even bad newspaper essays literature.
These Things Caught My Eye
- Finger, Painting
- Do You Want Factory-Farmed Children?
- When the High Jump Becomes a Pole Vault
- Mommy, Am I Responsible Yet?
- Judging Motives to Evaluate Blame
