About

A Crystal Clear Report to the General Public Concerning the Actual Essence of the My Life: An Attempt to Force the Reader to Understand

Instead of doing anything else, I have decided to devote my life to literature. On this website, I share my findings, and offer a view of what such a life looks like. The essays I post here are an eclectic combination of literary criticism, personal writing, and philosophical investigations.

Throughout the years, I have moved in many directions: mostly side-to-side, and for a little while there, straight down. But now, we are moving up! And thus we say:

BALCKWELL RISING!!

I post something new on this website every other Thursday (I’ve missed one week over the last year-and-a-half; I may one day miss another). If you’d like to receive e-mails when I do so, you can subscribe to the newsletter on the top or bottom of the page. You can also visit the archives to see basically everything I’ve ever published online. If you’re new here, I’d recommend starting with the essays in the MY FAVOURITES section. You can also check out my literature podcast, BALCKWELL’S BOOKS; read my novel, ONLY IN DREAMS; or do whatever else you feel like doing.