For my post-introduction aesthetics post, I wanted to talk some about Plato, and specifically whether and why the poets need…
Seeing is Believing is a New Way of Looking
Some of the best art has emerged from of a failure of the senses. Think of Monet, his eyesight going,…
Chiming in on the BlazeVox Situation
There’s already a gazillion posts up around the lit blogosphere about the situation at BlazeVox Books — probably the last thing…
Introduction/Aesthetics
Hi, Big Other. I’m new here, at least as a contributor. My name is James Tadd Adcox. I’m kind of…
#AuthorFail 14: Greg Olear
The Beast Rises (well, not really). Dare we call this a triumph against evil? Until next week…. **** My Brain…
Read Alexander Theroux
“When people call up Rush Limbaugh and say, ‘It’s an honor to speak to you,’ I want to shoot myself.”…
Action, Yes; The Swedish Issue; and the Poetics of Compromise
Let us perform a search. Let us research the online journal Action, Yes, edited by Johannes Göransson, Joyelle McSweeney, and our very…
Sorry Ass Devolution
This is an aside from a longer reading of Wordsworth’s “Immortality Ode.” It felt blog-like, so here it is. For…