This will be the first in what may prove to be several installments on this tome by William Gaddis. Yes,…
I am always alike
Without intending it, I seem to have produced a companion piece to my comments on Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall. It…
Scott Pilgrim vs. Inception for the Future of the Cinematic Imagination
Regarding my impassioned critique of Inception, many have asked me: “What could Nolan have done differently?” Which is one way…
My Guily Pleasure and Taste and etc…
My poems, from now on, are all Inception based. Hey, my poems are dreamy, or, are they? Here is my…
Gass-X
On a sunny day I would argue that the first 46 pages of William Gass’s Reading Rilke: Reflections of the…
Hobby Horse
Wikipedia told me about the origin of the word ‘hobby’: ‘A hobby horse is a wooden or wickerwork toy made…
Tom Carvel, Outsider Video Artist
Tom Carvel’s life is a novel waiting to happen. He invented soft-serve ice cream. He invented the ice-cream cake. (I…
My Guilty Pleasure
I heard on NPR recently a segment called “My Guilty Pleasure,” which features writers talking “about the books they love…
The moment we’ve all been waiting for…
I Looked Alive By Gary Lutz Publisher: Black Square Editions/Brooklyn Rail PubDate: 10/1/2010 ISBN: 9781934029077 Binding: PAPERBACK Price: $17.00 Quantity…
The Big Other Interview #1023: Andy Devine
Several years ago a writer with whom I have been linked, Henry Mescaline, published a piece in The Iowa Review…