Kimiko Hahn’s THE NARROW ROAD TO THE INTERIOR
The Narrow Road to the Interior by Kimiko Hahn, 128 pp, $14.95 1. First Impressions This book is both less…
Joanna Russ, 1937-2011
Joanna Russ died yesterday. She wasn’t important, she was essential! I couldn’t write much about her here, I never met…
About Awards
It’s the awards season (honestly, I hadn’t noticed), so it is also, and inevitably, the season for debates about awards.…
How Do You Pronounce That Writer’s Name?
Last week I saw Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s latest magnificent film, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives. (It should be…
You Must Remember This, a Hiss Is Just a Hiss
Whenever I hear someone say that a written word, like “said,” is invisible, I usually cringe, since I don’t think…
Art as $$$$$$$$
Felix Salmon has an interview and piece today on a couple of art buyers/sellers that I found fascinating and sad.…
“don’t return to a man out of loneliness” (Kimiko Hahn’s THE ARTIST’S DAUGHTER)
I’ve written about Kimiko Hahn before for Big Other, but I couldn’t help but also write a little bit about…