As a website, Oddfish is now in its third incarnation: the first, from 1999 to 2004, focused on editorial consultancy; the second, from 2010 to 2020, charted Dr Greenberg’s research and teaching interests; and those posts remain here, for reference. Now, Oddfish returns to the business of providing editorial support to different authors and projects. New material will be added on an ad hoc basis.
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On the death of Vaclav Havel, a flashback to the night he took office; and later, a press picnic at Lany Castle when he reflected on the mistakes made during the key transitional period.
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In a Leipzig teaching exchange, I asked the class to respond to the writing prompt, ‘Things my father or mother never told me’. But this standard exercise has another dimension in a country where half the population was once spying on the other half.
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A round-up of examples where people make the case for the luxury of time and reflection in a speedy world, and the importance of providing value in publishing: to offer something worth buying and keeping.
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A researcher interviewed me about a women’s photography group that I had joined when starting out on adult life. Asked about our ‘philosophy’, I said: I dunno, we thought women belonged in public spaces, not just private ones.
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Reporting – finding out about the external world – can be understand as a form of personal experience, which is deliberately turned outward and tested by verification. Authenticity exists not only in marginal practices, but also mainstream ones.
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A round-up of references across the English-speaking media, which suggest interest in finding ways to meet the desire for more time to think, and figure out what matters.
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