Features

New Explorations Weblog is proud to be the home of these special serialized features of posts and articles:

McLuhan’s Mileau

This series will link to full, archived copies of literary articles cited by Marshall McLuhan in his published and unpublished work, as well as articles which illuminate art criticism and historical commentary of the modernist age.

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Probe: John Bradshaw (1933-2016), Robert Moore (1942-2016), and American Liberals and Progressives Today

Thomas J FarrellFeb 17, 2025

Thomas J. Farrell University of Minnesota Duluth tfarrell@d.umn.edu Abstract: In the main body of my…

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            MYSTERIA: OR, IN DEFENCE OF ENDLESS REFLECTION

Allen AllenFeb 17, 2025

           By Allen Allen             Honestly, I couldn’t follow much of B.W. Powe’s latest extraordinary…

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On Mysteria

Susan McCaslinFeb 17, 2025

By Susan McCaslin, Poet When reading B.W. Powe’s Mysteria,I moved through it slowly, sensing I…

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Probe: Pope Francis’ 2025 Autobiography, and Walter J. Ong’s Thought

Thomas J FarrellFeb 17, 2025

Thomas J. Farrell University of Minnesota Duluth tfarrell@d.umn.edu Abstract: In my lengthy, wide-ranging, and, at…

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                                                         TRUMP

J.S. PorterFeb 17, 2025

                                                            By J.S. Porter He’s a complete grammar: a verb (to Trumpify); a noun (Trumpification);…

Remembered

This series catalogues fond reminiscences of Marshall McLuhan by friends and colleagues.

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Probe: John Bradshaw (1933-2016), Robert Moore (1942-2016), and American Liberals and Progressives Today

Thomas J FarrellFeb 17, 202534 min read

Thomas J. Farrell University of Minnesota Duluth tfarrell@d.umn.edu Abstract: In the main body of my “Probe: John Bradshaw (1933-2016), Robert Moore (1942-2016, and American Liberals and Progressives Today,” I highlight (1) the life and work of the Swiss psychiatrist and…

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            MYSTERIA: OR, IN DEFENCE OF ENDLESS REFLECTION

Allen AllenFeb 17, 202522 min read

           By Allen Allen             Honestly, I couldn’t follow much of B.W. Powe’s latest extraordinary book… But what I did glean as an entry point was a balancing out of “feeling” and “knowing” our experiences. One page reads that “even…

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On Mysteria

Susan McCaslinFeb 17, 20253 min read

By Susan McCaslin, Poet When reading B.W. Powe’s Mysteria,I moved through it slowly, sensing I was being taken on a magical, consciousness-raising journey. The combination of handwritten and typed pages drew me in. Because of its power to delve into…

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Probe: Pope Francis’ 2025 Autobiography, and Walter J. Ong’s Thought

Thomas J FarrellFeb 17, 202557 min read

Thomas J. Farrell University of Minnesota Duluth tfarrell@d.umn.edu Abstract: In my lengthy, wide-ranging, and, at times, extremely associative and seemingly digressive “Probe: Pope Francis’ 2025 Autobiography, and Walter J. Ong’s Thought,” I succinctly highlight the work of the American Jesuit…

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                                                         TRUMP

J.S. PorterFeb 17, 20253 min read

                                                            By J.S. Porter He’s a complete grammar: a verb (to Trumpify); a noun (Trumpification); and another noun (Trumpism); and another noun (Trumpy); a compound noun (Trumpworld); and  modifiers (Trumpish, Trumpian, Trumply). He lives in Mar-a-Lago, the new Mecca.  He’s…