Jonathan Goodwin

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  • La Grange Fri, Jun 15, 2012
  • A Lake Martin Hawk Thu, Jan 5, 2012
  • Fanciful Etymologies Thu, Sep 22, 2011
  • The Historical Novel Sat, Aug 6, 2011
  • Rimbaud's Conte Tue, Jan 4, 2011
  • Herodotus and Linguistic Essentialism Tue, Dec 21, 2010
  • Writing Fri, Oct 15, 2010
  • Developments Wed, Sep 29, 2010
  • Zizek and Facts Sat, Sep 4, 2010
  • Mondale as Debater Fri, Aug 20, 2010
  • Pynchon in Poland Thu, Aug 5, 2010
  • Voyelles Sun, May 9, 2010
  • Snark Wed, Mar 24, 2010
  • My Daughter Mon, Mar 22, 2010
  • For My Commonplace Book Mon, Feb 15, 2010
  • So Probable Thu, Feb 11, 2010
  • Mickey Mice Better Beware! Wed, Dec 30, 2009
  • The Wanton Student Sun, Dec 13, 2009
  • On Being A Mac User Mon, Nov 9, 2009
  • Moonflowers Mon, Oct 12, 2009
  • Sartre's War Diary Mon, Oct 5, 2009
  • The Discus of Odysseus Wed, Jul 8, 2009
  • The Giraffe Mon, May 11, 2009
  • De Anima Wed, Mar 25, 2009
  • Shelby Foote's Standards Sun, Mar 8, 2009
  • The Legal Memo as Literary Genre Tue, Mar 3, 2009
  • Nuclear Factoid of the Day Wed, Jan 21, 2009
  • On Lefebvre's Critique of Everyday Life Thu, Jan 15, 2009
  • Hooey Thu, Jan 1, 2009
  • Wanted Sun, Dec 28, 2008
  • Snow Event Thu, Dec 11, 2008
  • A Witticism from Ursula Le Guin Wed, Dec 10, 2008
  • Canadian Separatist Literature Wed, Dec 10, 2008
  • Query Fri, Nov 28, 2008
  • On Interpretation Sat, Nov 8, 2008
  • What You Can Learn about Gibbon When Researching Father Brown Wed, Oct 1, 2008
  • Translations, Editing, Covers Tue, Sep 30, 2008
  • The Shortest Distance between Two Pints Is A Strayed Lion Thu, Aug 21, 2008
  • A Mailing Mon, Jul 14, 2008
  • Opsimathy Sun, Jul 13, 2008
  • More Trevor-Roper Thu, Jul 10, 2008
  • El Panóptico Tue, Jul 1, 2008
  • Cultivation Fri, Jun 20, 2008
  • Technocracy Fri, Jun 20, 2008
  • Georgics Tue, Jun 10, 2008
  • John Banville on M. R. James Fri, May 2, 2008
  • More Baby Thu, Apr 24, 2008
  • Baby Tue, Apr 22, 2008
  • Fieri Fascias Fri, Apr 11, 2008
  • Some More Complaints about JSTOR; The NWE Tue, Apr 8, 2008
  • Descriptive Clause of the Week Sat, Mar 15, 2008
  • The White Visitation Tue, Mar 4, 2008
  • Quiz Tue, Feb 26, 2008
  • The Agents of Literacy Thu, Feb 21, 2008
  • Better Not Of Sun, Feb 3, 2008
  • Trevor-Roper on Toynbee Fri, Feb 1, 2008
  • Havelock Ellis on Oneiric Neologism Thu, Jan 31, 2008
  • Punctuated Linguistic Evolution Thu, Jan 31, 2008
  • Would of Thu, Jan 17, 2008
  • Locally Coextensive Properties Tue, Jan 15, 2008
  • Another View of 18th C North Carolina Sat, Jan 5, 2008
  • The Black Dossier Fri, Dec 14, 2007
  • Archosis Wed, Dec 12, 2007
  • Franny Had Been Assigned The Fourth Elegy Tue, Dec 11, 2007
  • Mailer Goes Jogging with Ali Thu, Nov 15, 2007
  • The Purdue Theory of Mind Conference Mon, Nov 5, 2007
  • Hoplocrisma-spongus Tue, Oct 23, 2007
  • Nad propastyu vo rzhi Thu, Oct 11, 2007
  • A Question Wed, Sep 12, 2007
  • Concluding Remark Tue, Sep 11, 2007
  • Some Further Reflections on the Mayday Materials Sat, Sep 8, 2007
  • An Unknown Source for Kafka's The Metamorphosis? Wed, Sep 5, 2007
  • Update Mon, Aug 20, 2007
  • On Sybil Shade's Vocabulary Sun, Aug 12, 2007
  • Incomplete Lists Fri, Aug 10, 2007
  • Consumer Updates Sat, Aug 4, 2007
  • The Antiquarian Thu, Jun 28, 2007
  • L'homme qui rit Sun, Jun 17, 2007
  • DNA and Data Storage Fri, May 25, 2007
  • Tidbit Sun, May 20, 2007
  • King Vishvamitra Mon, Apr 30, 2007
  • Apriorism Sun, Apr 22, 2007
  • Dreams and Memory Mon, Apr 16, 2007
  • Getting Down to Cases Fri, Apr 6, 2007
  • Luna Moth Sun, Apr 1, 2007
  • The Common Towhee Fri, Mar 30, 2007
  • Missed Our Local Inland Empire Screening Thu, Mar 22, 2007
  • Aten Wed, Mar 21, 2007
  • The Most Touching Spam Mon, Mar 19, 2007
  • As Curtius Reminds Us Thu, Mar 8, 2007
  • A Series of Trite Observations Thu, Feb 22, 2007
  • What You Didn't Know about Hitler Thu, Jan 11, 2007
  • Prestige and Pynchon Wed, Jan 10, 2007
  • What species of vectitation Sat, Dec 23, 2006
  • Of The Minor Characters in Middlemarch Tue, Dec 5, 2006
  • Success in Croaker Fishing; Lem's Chain of Chance Sun, Nov 26, 2006
  • Now is the Time Thu, Nov 16, 2006
  • Mallarmé's Preface to Vathek Thu, Nov 9, 2006
  • A Fine Anecdote Tue, Nov 7, 2006
  • Some of My People, Viewed by An Irascible Frenchman, A While Ago Tue, Nov 7, 2006
  • Azoth Sun, Nov 5, 2006
  • Thomas Glover's Account of Virginia (1676) Sat, Nov 4, 2006
  • Such Simple Pleasures Fri, Nov 3, 2006
  • The Scar Tue, Oct 31, 2006
  • More Fun with the OED Wed, Oct 18, 2006
  • And Another Tue, Oct 10, 2006
  • Things One Can Learn from Haldane Tue, Oct 10, 2006
  • Remark from Havelock Ellis Sat, Sep 30, 2006
  • From the Department of Puzzling Hyperbole Sat, Sep 23, 2006
  • The Burial Ground Sun, Aug 20, 2006
  • Recreational Scholarship in Latin Thu, Jul 20, 2006
  • On Chesterton Wed, Jul 12, 2006
  • R. C. Zaehner, Orientalist Sat, May 13, 2006
  • Sets Sat, Apr 29, 2006
  • Meds Thu, Apr 20, 2006
  • The Previous War with Iran Mon, Apr 17, 2006
  • Misdirected Panspermia, Perhaps Tue, Apr 11, 2006
  • The War with Iran Sun, Apr 9, 2006
  • I'm Glad to See Sat, Apr 8, 2006
  • Sherrif Knows Best Sat, Apr 1, 2006
  • Supplement to Cronenberg Wed, Mar 15, 2006
  • The Recreated World A Research Question Mon, Mar 13, 2006
  • Andrew Ward, FT Correspondent in Atlanta, Charming Cosmosophisticate Sun, Mar 5, 2006
  • Several Items Sun, Feb 19, 2006
  • Borges on Kipling, Etc. Wed, Feb 15, 2006
  • Heisenberg's Self-Stabilizing Reactor -- Item Sun, Feb 5, 2006
  • More in the Way of Items Sun, Jan 29, 2006
  • Favorite Sopranos Malapropism/Items Sat, Jan 28, 2006
  • Historians and Critics Wed, Jan 25, 2006
  • Repetition/Reading Sun, Jan 22, 2006
  • Moretti Event/A Misunderstanding Tue, Jan 3, 2006
  • Thomas Frank Speaking Like A Southerner? Tue, Jan 3, 2006
  • 1926 Things Like This Tended to Happen--Why? Wed, Dec 21, 2005
  • It Starts with the Loss of a Semicolon Sat, Dec 10, 2005
  • Miscellany Thu, Dec 8, 2005
  • Lynn Thorndike A Witticism Sun, Dec 4, 2005
  • Suffumigations Tue, Nov 29, 2005
  • Peirce, An Odd Remark Tue, Nov 15, 2005
  • Noted Book Thu, Nov 10, 2005
  • Read/Reading Sun, Oct 30, 2005
  • Recent Reading Wed, Oct 26, 2005
  • Telepathic Rumors of Jack London's Death Substantiated; Items Sun, Oct 9, 2005
  • Books Read or Finished, Last Two Days Tue, Sep 20, 2005
  • Today's Items Sun, Sep 18, 2005
  • Today's Unexpected Lacan Quote Sat, Jan 22, 2005
  • Kaspar Hauser (cont.), and Aleatory Research Tue, Dec 21, 2004