It’s been a week since I finished our first book club book, Tom McCarthy’s C, and I’m glad I waited…
The Barthelme Problem
[This post is something of a response to John’s recent post, and some of the comments made there by Darby,…
Blue Valentine: Being Blue Startles
It’s not surprising how Derek Cianfrance, director of Blue Valentine, spent twelve years developing a project that would become the…
Gossip, Part 4
Today, inspired by Andrew James Weatherhead’s now removed post at htmlgiant, I had a conversation on gchat with Mike Kitchell…
New Work for New Devices
At the Consumer Electronics Show a few weeks ago, at least 100 new tablets were revealed. A minority of these…
POLESTAR POETRY SERIES’ “I CAN’T BELIEVE IT’S NOT AWP”
POLESTAR POETRY SERIES’ I CAN’T BELIEVE IT’S NOT AWP SUN JAN 30 / 4 PM BRUAR FALLS 245 GRAND ST…
The Influence of Anxiety: The Modern Writer’s Neverending Race
I’ve been feeling pretty productive lately. This morning I had an idea for a story, and managed to do some…
tiny hardcore & roxane gay & xtx & normally special & these are not enough words to say what I mean about reading this
Listen: For better or worse I read a ton of books, & I am treated to the growth of presses,…
Modern Sequins
Contrary to modern canons, the sequined body is not separated from the rest of the world. It is not a…
A Respect of Sequins
A burr of sequins A bag of sequins A dearth of sequins A sleepwalk of sequins A pan of sequins…