Jim NelsoninDecentralized Web ChannelIdentity in the Decentralized WebBy Jim NelsonJun 28, 2019Jun 28, 2019
Jim NelsonOn Don Herron’s Fritz Leiber TourHow “Stalking Sam Spade” grew into “Following Fritz Leiber”Dec 4, 2016Dec 4, 2016
Jim NelsonRewatching SlackerWhy Richard Linklater’s film gem sustains 25 years laterJul 3, 2016Jul 3, 2016
Jim NelsonFiction as a controlled experimentNot too long ago I finished reading J. Hillis Miller’s On Literature, a slim and thoughtful consideration of the role of the written word…Jun 16, 2016Jun 16, 2016
Jim NelsonThe absence of technology in literary fictionOne of my complaints about literary magazines — both the small lit mags of university English departments and the literary lions like New…Jun 16, 2016Jun 16, 2016
Jim NelsonYoshihiro Tatsumi in retrospectLast night I learned Japanese manga artist Yoshihiro Tatsumi had passed away at the age of 79. Revered as the grandfather of gekiga (a…Aug 6, 2015Aug 6, 2015
Jim NelsonDashiell Hammett, The Flitcraft Parable (from The Maltese Falcon)Dashiell Hammett was a prodigious writer, but in the most lopsided kind of way. He wrote north of a hundred short stories in less than five…Aug 6, 2015Aug 6, 2015
Jim NelsonHaruki Murakami, Underground & Studs Terkel, WorkingHaruki Murakami is the enviable writer who, in certain circles, has become a canon unto himself. Murakami is often compared to many…Aug 6, 2015Aug 6, 2015
Jim NelsonThe craft of funnyI used to say It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World had the funniest movie moment ever. There’s just one problem: I told the joke wrong for years…Aug 6, 2015Aug 6, 2015
Jim NelsonB. Traven, The Treasure of the Sierra MadreMy hunch is that “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre” is more famous than its writer, the movie, even the novel itself. By that I mean the…Aug 6, 2015Aug 6, 2015