Besides being totally charming, the above clip’s worth watching for its lesson in narrative economy. (I just showed my girlfriend…
I Talk to Kakutani
Part the last of my Kakutani demolition derby. I had a telephone conversation with Michiko Kakutani once. In 1990-something I…
Big Other’s Birthday Tribute to William Gass, 2011
I would imagine that a certain amount of anxiety accompanies any attempt to write about William Gass and his work,…
Chicago Publisher ‘CCLaP’ Holds Quadruple Book Release Party
This looks to be fun! The Chicago Center for Literature and Photography, or CCLaP, is proud to announce their latest…
What Were You Doing in 1979? (part 7)
Jimmy Buffett released Volcano. John Cale released Sabotage/Live.
I Shot the Moon, Calamari Press, 21 / 41, 3RD BED [2]
Click through to read the full review of 3RD BED [2], the twenty-first in this full-press review of Calamari books.
Guest Post: Scott Garson Reviews by Tiff Holland’s Betty Superman
Betty Superman by Tiff Holland 44 pp. Rose Metal Press. $12 (August, 2011). Since 2007, Rose Metal Press has been…
ALL THIS BELONGS TO PLASTIC MAN
Over the weekend I was visiting some friends, and one of them, Jeremy, reminded me of Steve Katz’s short story…
Travels with My Aunt: A Look at Satire and Outsiderness
I’m in the Dominican Republic, sitting on the porch of the cabin we’ve owned for six years now. We dream…
The long and the short
I begin with the first two paragraphs from E.L. Doctorow’s Preface to his new collection of stories, All the Time…