Comments on: Woodrat Podcast 10: John Miedema on Slow Reading

By: On translating poetry into bloggish

On translating poetry into bloggish — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 18:25:22 +0000

[...] I want to study how master poets have played with language and meaning. I want to practice slow reading of the most deliberate [...]

By: Blog Review for 2010 and Plans for 2011 | Open Reading

Blog Review for 2010 and Plans for 2011 | Open Reading — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 05:18:08 +0000

[...] translated into Portuguese. More than I once I have wondered if the real start of this roll was the Woodrat interview by poet, Dave Bonta, Via Negativa. In any case, I was blown away by the interest in this small book [...]

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 18:44:30 +0000

Glad you liked the podcast, Peter. I hope you’ll come on the show, sometime, too. I’m sure we’d have a lot to talk about — probably way too much, in fact.

By: Peter

Peter — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 17:30:31 +0000

I was struck by how much a recorded conversation can get at the heart of someone’s enterprise. Not that John isn’t clear about it on his blog; his writing is as concise as he says here that he tries to make it, and it’s always enjoyable. (Fun to hear you guys refer to me!)

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:21:46 +0000

Well, could you try another browser and see if it makes a difference? It’s my understanding that sometimes IE can get fouled up and needs to be uninstalled and reinstalled, but it’s probably easier just to install the latest version of Firefox and try that, first.

By: Jean

Jean — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:52:07 +0000

Explorer on both computers (the one that cuts off and the one that doesn’t)

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:42:03 +0000

“…Alguna fe adorable que el destino blasfema.” (Vallejo)

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:41:11 +0000

That kind of teaching sounds like an exercise in frustration to me, but more power to you for taking it on. I hope at least a few of your kids will remember those active reading techniques in later life.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:39:44 +0000

I’m glad you were pleased with it. It was fun. Thanks for coming on.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:27:31 +0000

If it acts like that’s the end, I suspect it’s because that’s all you’ve downloaded. Have you tried using a different browser? What browser are you using now?