Category: Jorge Luis Borges

Maybe You Won’t Laugh

On By mapelbaIn blogging, death, Jorge Luis Borges, life, mistakes, NaBloPoMo, neurotic thinking, other blog, publication, short story, Story-a-Day-May, The Paris Review Interviews, writingLeave a comment

I may be joking. Interviewer: In your Antologia Personal... Borges: Look here, I want to say that that book is full of misprints. My eyesight is very dim, and the proofreading had to be done by somebody else. Interviewer: I see, biut those are only minor errors, aren't they? Borges: Yes, I know, but they …

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Maybe Leave the Mistakes

On By mapelbaIn blogging, Jorge Luis Borges, mistakes, NaBloPoMo, other blog, short story, Story-a-Day-May, The Paris Review Interviews, writers8 Comments

You may be bored by interviews, but I love interviews with writers and artists and scientists. I am reading The Paris Review Interviews: vol. I. Have you read these interviews? My favorite interview so far is with Jorge Luis Borges. Mostly I liked it because Borges came across as someone I'd want to talk to. …

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