About
Sunday, July 01, 2001
Long Pauses was begun in the fall of 2001 as a deliberate effort to put Denise Levertov's advice into practice:
A line of peace might appear
if we restructured the sentence our lives are making,
revoked its reaffirmation of profit and power,
questioned our needs, allowed
long pauses . . .
Darren Hughes is a web designer, a freelance writer, and a former would-be academic in Knoxville, Tennessee. He has written for Senses of Cinema, Sojourners, and Beyond magazine, and has also contributed essays to academic studies of Philip Roth, American war films, and the history of the American Left.
Long Pauses was designed and hand-coded by Darren, which is worth noting because, as his wife will testify, he is a dork. It's also worth noting as a reminder that all content here is licensed under a Creative Commons License.
A special note to students: if you quote from this site—and judging by traffic statistics, The Woman Warrior, Benito Cereno, July's People, and Buried Child are popular choices—please cite it properly. Your teachers are not stupid.
Site History
Long Pauses is a perpetual work-in-progress. Versions 1, 3, and 6 aren't shown here either because the changes were all structural (the first inclusion of CSS, for example) or because they died on my hard drive, never quite making the leap from drawing board to web server.
Version 2, Fall 2001:
Version 4, April 2003:
Version 5, November 2003:
Version 7, February 2005:
Version 8, December 2005:
Version 9.1, June 2006:
Version 10, January 2008:
Version 11, December 2008:
3 Comments:
Your website has to be one of the most gorgeous on the web.
I love how detailed it is. Especially the film section. Had linked to your Sculpting in time post a long time ago. Was very happy to see you still going strong.
Kanishk.
Wow - I was putting up a link for a friend on Facebook to purchase a copy of The Public Burning when I came across your blog. I don't know many people these days who are familiar with Coover's amazing work.
Loving your song choices and the design of the site, by the way.
Liz
Thank You for your Essay about Melville and Benito Cereno.
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