Before I say anything else, I would like to take this opportunity to thank Chris Newgent for all of the…
Poetry vs. Pop Culture (or, Does Anyone Dance to John Berryman?)
I was going to post this as a comment on Michael’s wonderful post from yesterday, but then it got too…
Criticism as a form of living: on Masha Tupitsyn’s LACONIA: 1200 Tweets on Film.
“…the issue is not freeing ourselves from representation. It’s really about being enlightened witnesses when we watch representations,…
In Memory of Gil Scott-Heron
I just found out that Gil Scott-Heron passed away last Friday, at the age of 62. That’s really too bad.…
Pop culture & “the anxiety of contamination”
There’s a curious poetry review that appeared in yesterday’s online New York Times by Dana Jennings entitled “Five Poets Seasoned By Life”; it…
A D & Jeremy Talk about Movies: Mel Gibson’s Hamlet, all films Kenneth Branagh, Sleuth, Joseph Mankiewicz, Thor, and superhero movies (every one)
[You want to read the earlier installments, and we want to help you: Part 1, Part 2] [Drumming our fingers…
Do You Know Who Wrote Big Fish?
I’m teaching it at the moment. And, inspired by Pierre Bayard’s How to Talk About Books You Haven’t Read, I’ve…
Experimental Thread #4: “Taking a Line for a Walk”
Dogs have fur.
Cotner and Fitch are making Juice on YouTube!
My neighbor Jon Cotner just shared this video of his recent appearance, with his writing partner Andy Fitch, on Emily…
A poem for Thursday: “Present Tense,” Harryette Mullen, from Sleeping with the Dictionary.
“Now that my ears are connected to a random answer machine, the wrong brain keeps talking through my hat. Now…