Last night, as a member of the National Books Critics Circle, I attended the Circle’s event announcing the finalists for…
The marquise with the lead pipe at five
I have come to the conclusion that we learn more, we appreciate more, from the books we disagree with. I…
“You don’t know if you’re creating a monster.” On Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives and Phantoms of Nabua, Camille Roy, Jacques Derrida, xenia, domestication and writing, being possessed.
I am someone who has long been a host or playmate for monsters and ghosts. My maternal grandmother had to…
Dante 2020-6: Tower, Tree, Candle, & the Triumph of the Fragile.
The Divine Comedy has its end, after 3X9 spirals rendered in 100 evenly distributed cantos, and it’s about time my…
Big Other Contributors’ News, #23
It’s been a while since I’ve posted news of all our various goings on and whatnot. But everyone at Big…
DAS DING – Jinx!
Okay, John and I unknowingly just posted about the exact same thing. Instead of taking down my redundant post, I’ll…
Luca Dipierro’s DAS DING
Just got a note that Luca Dipierro has released the first issue of his art zine, DAS DING. This is…
Luca Dipierro’s Das Ding
The first issue of Luca Dipierro’s art zine, DAS DING, is out. YOU KNOW WHAT I CAME FOR is available…
Dante 2020-5: the Intimate Erases the Monolith.
BIG OTHER, gracious blog, has been letting me post my ideas about Dante’s Divine Comedy. The basic question: Why should…
Aaron Belz’s Midwestern Jag
Poet Aaron Belz is touring the Midwest to promote his excellent second collection, Lovely, Raspberry: January 26, 7:00pm – Left…