Summer reading I’ve been so excited to get to; also, prep for a trip to Japan! And because I just got back from the Ithaca booksale and have all these wonders sitting on my desk, and because the process of checking boxes off on a list is probably my greatest pleasure in life. So, Matthew, here is your summer syllabus: Criticism/theory, in this order: 1. Jonathan Culler, The Pursuit of Signs. 2. D.T. Suzuki, Zen and Japanese Culture 3. Thomas Merton, Zen and the Birds of Appetite 4. Heidegger, Being and Time (again)5. Harold Bloom, The Anxiety of Influence6. Jonathan Culler, On Deconstruction7….