News and Articles
Course notices, news and Bob’s occasional divagations
(always wanted a chance to use that word)
A Small Complication
Health issues have arisen for me (not too serious, but not negligible) that have unsettled the scheduling of the remaining courses for this year. Until I know more, I would ask that no one transfer any fees to my account … Continue reading
Three Poems in Arena Magazine
The current issue for April, 2015 (no. 135) has published three recent poems of mine. Since I first began writing bad knock-offs of T.S. Eliot and W.B. Yeats in my late teens, it’s been a very long road indeed. But … Continue reading
A New Article
Arena Magazine has just published another essay of mine, titled ‘Humility’. Apart from my scribbles, there’s a lot of excellent writing in this issue (no. 134), so it’s well worth a look. Humility
Tree and Star
The best of the season to all who’ve participated or expressed interest in this year’s (and next’s!) MLS courses. You’ve helped to make this whole year something of a Christmas party for me, for which I thank you all heartily. Since, … Continue reading
‘Hoom, Hoom! Let Us Not Be Hasty’
Here’s a PDF of my latest contribution to Arena Magazine no. 131, which we just launched at Readings in Hawthorn tonight. Arena Magazine no. 131 EndNote and End Times
Further Reading . . .
I could get used to this! Arena Magazine (no. 129) has just published a slimmed down version of my essay on the guilty pleasures of reading Ayn Rand and the dire impact her acolytes had on later twentieth-century conomics and … Continue reading
A Few of My Own Poems
Some MLS and other students have asked whether I’ve written any of my own poetry. I’m afraid I must answer “yes,” and I’ll compound the misdemeanor by posting a PDF here of a quintent of pieces that don’t make me … Continue reading
Puns and Poetry
Anyone who’s attended any of my classes knows (to his or her cost) my inability to resist a bad pun. Turns out I’ve got some illustrious company! This is the PDF of an article I’ve just had published in PN Review, … Continue reading
Dante’s Divine Comedy and Seamus Heaney’s Beowulf
Happy New Year! I have had confirmation of bookings for the rooms for these two new courses, which are now ready to begin. Details below. If either appeals and you’d like to check out how our sessions tick, feel free … Continue reading
Special Thanks to McIver’s
Good coffee is one of the essential items in any academic’s survival kit, and McIver’s in Vic Market serves up the best beans in town. As if that weren’t enough, Jill, Catherine and all their colleagues behind the hoppers, percolators, … Continue reading