Tag Archives: Samuel Johnson
In Praise of Lurkers
Over the weekend 317am quietly celebrated its second anniversary. Kaze is presently off in Italy wowing the literati of Rome with his thoughts about Keats, so it was a brief and, one might say, solitary event. As I pondered two … Read more
Blog of the Week: Book Snob
In a universe of texters, bloggers, tweeters, Facebookers, would-be poets, fan fiction fanatics, and struggling writers, the world needs, above all, passionate readers. Samuel Johnson called these folks ”the common reader,” and he believed the life of literature depends on them, “for by the common … Read more
TED THE CAT
Ted the Cat (1994-present) is a domestic shorthair blogger and vers libre poet. He also enjoys sleeping, eating, and lurking. Ted the Cat co-habits with Kaze,
also a blogger at 317am.net.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Kaze
Kaze is Washington DC area writing guru Steve Altman. The nickname is Japanese for “the wind.” Read more »
RasoirJ
Ras at Texas BBQ in DC, site of lunchtime chats with Kaze on the art and agony of writing. Ras is also known in some publishing circles as George Clack. Read more »