Barry Graham's Blog, page 45

How do you feel about people checking out your books from the library? I read a lot comics at the library to save money. I recently has a debate with a friend where he said I might as well just download PDFs of the books because either way you, the creator

I want you to be able to read the books you want to read, be they comics or novels or plays or sonnets or collections of short stories bound in angel fluff. Honestly. Libraries are one of the greatest inventions of humanity. That you would, in a day and age where clicking, torrenting, downloading, etc, is so simple, take it upon yourself to go regularly to your library? That’s awesome.

Here’s what you’re doing. By using your library, you’re making it possible for MORE people to read my books....

How do you feel about people checking out your books from the library? I read a lot comics at the library to save money. I recently has a debate with a friend where he said I might as well just download PDFs of the books because either way you, the creator

I want you to be able to read the books you want to read, be they comics or novels or plays or sonnets or collections of short stories bound in angel fluff. Honestly. Libraries are one of the greatest inventions of humanity. That you would, in a day and age where clicking, torrenting, downloading, etc, is so simple, take it upon yourself to go regularly to your library? That’s awesome.

Here’s what you’re doing. By using your library, you’re making it possible for MORE people to read my books....

"Long-hour cultures, a dominant highly competitive ethos, people striving to outdo each other or..."

“Long-hour cultures, a dominant highly competitive ethos, people striving to outdo each other or outdo themselves - that’s what creates a lot of the stress that then needs to be alleviated through things like meditation and mindfulness. All the workplace happiness gurus ever say is: we need to teach more happiness habits to people. They’re not saying: we need to reform the workplace.”

- Will Davies, author of The Happiness Industry,interviewed by NY Magon the dark side of corporate “happiness...

Manny (2014)

Manny (2014):

I just watched this powerful, documentary about Manny Pacquiao. It gave me chills, and I was moved by the depiction of the relationship between Pacquiao and Freddie Roach. It’s the best boxing documentary I’ve seen since When We Were Kings.

salon:Watch Robert Reich explain how to save America’s...

salon:

Watch Robert Reich explain how to save America’s education system

Visit from Vince Larue

Last weekend, I got to hang out with my friend and collaborator Vince Larue, the French artist, writer and ultra-marathoner, seen above with the gorilla who guards the entrance to The Peculiarium. He was in Portland for a few days, as part of a U.S. visit spent mostly in Phoenix.

Phoenix is the setting for Dark Heat, the graphic novel we did together:

We found each other a few years ago when my French publisher, 13E Note, had him illustrate the books by me that they published in translation. He...

The Crime of Being Scottish - The Big Click

The Crime of Being Scottish - The Big Click:

My column for the Scottish issue of The Big Click.

"You can’t write poems about trees when the woods are full of policemen."

“You can’t write poems about trees when the woods are full of policemen.”

- Bertolt Brecht
(via criminalwisdom)

multcolib:Happy Birthday to one of our favorite poets, and...

multcolib:

Happy Birthday to one of our favorite poets, and former Portlander, Gary Snyder! And one of our favorite books of his: The Fudo Trilogy from our special collections…

"Our past is a novel that we are constantly revising."

“Our past is a novel that we are constantly revising.”

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Eric G. Wilson

I think it’s not so much that we constantly revise our past, but more that, like a book we reread many times, we understand or interpret it differently as we age, change and learn.