It would take all day and night to explain how I feel about Kerouac and his book Visions of Cody. I read this book for the first time during a very dificult time in life–and really the Dharma Bums was the first book of Kerouac I ever experienced even though critics consider it the lesserContinue reading “Kerouac and Visions of Cody”
Author Archives: john paul jaramillo
Heaney and Failure of Memory
This morning I am thinking about Heaney and his essay “Feeling into Words”. I first read it in Hochman’s poetry class. This essay lists a bit of Heaney’s aesthetic and some of his obsessions. We are reading it in my poetry class. In this essay Heaney explicates his poem Digging and explains how the ideaContinue reading “Heaney and Failure of Memory”
Cisneros and More Random Thoughts on Failed Writing
I had the opportunity the summer before last to attend a Sandra Cisneros reading here in Illinois at the National Women’s Studies Conference. Attending this reading also inspired me to read her latest book Caramelo and I have to say I was so inspired by her words.As I enter Week 12 of my creative writingContinue reading “Cisneros and More Random Thoughts on Failed Writing”