One typically hears unusual art called three different things, often interchangeably: Innovative Avant-Garde Experimental But what do these three words…
Robert Coover’s New Novel
I just finished reading Robert Coover’s Noir, and it’s excellent. It’s another of his metafictional takes on the mystery genre.…
Side by Side #6
Here’s a big one for Friday. It’s all about mutual admiration. We have Gnarls Barkley covering Violent Femmes, and the…
Found poetry
I don’t think anyone’s posted a good piece of found poetry lately. Here’s one called “Types of Bitches” for your…
the second naïveté: notes about the artist who retreats
Below is a painting by Syd Barrett (1946-2006), a founding member of the English band Pink Floyd who left the group…
Underrated Lesbian Books
NewPages posted today about Curve Magazine’s “10 Most Underrated Lesbian Books,” which got me thinking about my book and how…
John Berger on Publicity
From Ways of Seeing, a 1972 book of essays on art and culture by Booker-prize winner John Berger:…
Alphabet Playpen
We know our ABCs. The words we type every day combine and recombine letters in hundreds of thousands of patterns.…
Women on Men
Recently I’ve gloried in the prose of some of my favorite female writers: Alice Munro, Paula Fox, Christine Schutt, Diane…
Big Other Reading Series #10
Mel Bosworth reads “What if I Told You I Lost the Baby Again,” by Christy Crutchfield.