Seeing that A D recently mentioned seeing Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (see my first post on Big Other, also partially about Uncle Boonmee and Weerasethakul’s short film Phantoms of Nabua), thought it might be fitting to post the “Delirium” master class with Weerasethakul, which took place on November 12, [...]
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In Buenos Aires with Apichatpong Weerasethakul.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged apichatpong weerasethakul, film, phantoms of nabua, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives on May 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Tom Williams’s THE MIMIC’S OWN VOICE
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged comedic studies, Douglas Myles, Edwin Mulhouse, Eisenheim the Illusionist, Main Street Rag, Steven Milhauser, The Mimic's Own Voice, Tom Williams on May 5, 2011 | 4 Comments »
The Mimic’s Own Voice by Tom Williams Main Street Rag, 97 pages, $9.95 This is a difficult book to write about because it’s so commandingly impressive. The writing is tight, expository, and emerges more from the school of “tell” than the school of “show.” I’m reminded most of Steven Milhauser’s story “Eisenheim the Illusionist” and [...]
Even God’s Weighed in on the Death of Osama bin Laden!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged God, Osama Bin Laden, The King James Bible on May 3, 2011 | 18 Comments »
Proverbs 24: 17 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth: 18 Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
On Drinks, on Driving, on Plato, on Life with Robert Rowland Smith
Posted in Uncategorized on May 3, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Last night I had cocktails with Robert Rowland Smith, who’s in town promoting his book, Driving with Plato. Back up because I’ve already fudged things a bit: I had cocktails, and he had beer. There we are. Temple Bar. Noho. The darkness, as you walk into Temple Bar, is seductive and complete. The figure greeting you [...]
A Few Words on Frank Hinton’s I DON’T RESPECT FEMALE EXPRESSION
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Frank Hinton, He Is Talking to the Fat Lady, I Don't Respect Female Expression, Safety Third Enterprises, xTx on May 2, 2011 | 1 Comment »
If you are at all involved in the online lit community you have most likely heard (or read, as it might be) the name Frank Hinton. Hinton is the mastermind behind Metazen, but she is also one of the community’s most vibrant voices. Now, with her first chapbook, I Don’t Respect Female Expression Hinton is [...]
Guest Post: W.F. Lantry Remembering Stanley Elkin
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Stanley Elkin, W.F. Lantry on May 2, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Stanley Elkin: Fiction as a Form of Mathematics By W.F. Lantry So there I was, just inside the Beltway, watching some popular movie the other day. When you’re writing a novel, there’s a lot to be said for watching movies from the same genre, and besides, the heroine was pretty. Anyway, at one point, the [...]
Art vs. Philosophy: An Antinomy
Posted in Uncategorized on May 2, 2011 | 5 Comments »
A: Art’s better than philosophy. For art comes in the nick of time while philosophy comes a moment too late. B: Philosophy’s better than art. For while art raises life up for a moment, philosophy raises it up for eternity.
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