5:55 – I left the building…that the conference is in. The last session I attended had to do with religion, the secular and literature. And it was really, really great. I intend to write about it in greater length here but my brain is fried. Speaking of brains being fried, I’m in the recording studio with Caspian listening in as they mix some tracks from their next album. I can say it’s even heavier than ever before.
1:27 – Holy crap. I just sat through two sessions. One on orality and post-colonialism and another on madness and modernism. Both pretty excellent. But it’s so much info to absorb. What’s initially striking to me is the willingness, in both panels, to engage religion, particularly Christianity. Ah sweet postmodernism. I’m going to skip the next session and take a walk around my beloved Boston.
9:53 – I’m waiting for the first session to start in a room full of people speaking only Italian. They were in the wrong place. Not me. All is well now.
9:12 – I’ve arrived. I’ve registered. I’m awkward. But so is everyone else. First session that I’m going to attend is at ten. Until then, ambling.
I’m on the train with my sister heading into Boston for the start of the conference. More to follow.
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