Monthly Archives: July 2017

31 07, 2017

Wrapping up my Memoir
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Wrapping up my Memoir

Writing is how we explore our place in the world

Wrapping up my Memoir

By Joram Piatigorsky|2018-06-22T15:33:52-04:00July 31st, 2017|Categories: Writing is how we explore our place in the world|Tags: Jellyfish Have Eyes, Memoir writing, novel writing, Proust, writer's life|0 Comments

Please forgive me, I’m thinking aloud as I’m whittling my way, tortuously, to some take-home messages to come. Here’s the problem: I finished the sixth version of my memoir a few days ago, and within an hour of putting the last period on the final page I started listing all the relevant ideas and events [...]

4 07, 2017

Why Snub Good TV?
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Why Snub Good TV?

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Why Snub Good TV?

By Joram Piatigorsky|2021-02-28T13:29:36-05:00July 4th, 2017|Categories: Blog, Perpectives|Tags: House of Cards, Netflix, Orange is the New Black, The Wire, time for watching TV, TV binge watching, TV series|0 Comments

Not long ago, having lunch with colleagues – all known scientists – I brought up our pervasive world of television, especially the deluge of serials that can be streamed. There’s Breaking Bad – riveting, and The Wire – amazing, the drug world of Baltimore seen through a prism, and The House of Cards – oh [...]