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December 31, 2016 - Uncategorized

Some Hopes Against Expectation

My greatest hope is that the new year will bring us, against all signs to the contrary, a less violent…

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December 28, 2016December 28, 2016 - Uncategorized

Connecting Dots in Between the Lines: On Gabriel Blackwell’s Madeleine E.

A masterfully collaged prose object, Gabriel Blackwell’s Madeleine E. (Outpost19) defies categorization, privileging fusion and hybridity while also openly displaying…

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November 25, 2016 - Uncategorized

Barzakh: Call for Submissions

I’m the faculty adviser for the online magazine Barzakh, which recently announced a new call for submissions for their upcoming…

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October 14, 2016October 14, 2016 - Uncategorized

Happy 60th Birthday, Lance Olsen!: 60 Reasons to Celebrate Lance Olsen

I’ve had the deep pleasure of knowing Lance Olsen (for at least seven years now), reviewing his work, interviewing him,…

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October 3, 2016 - Uncategorized

Largehearted Boy’s David Gutowksi Needs Your Help!

The good David Gutowski of Largehearted Boy has fallen seriously ill. Help fund his medical expenses!

July 30, 2016July 30, 2016 - Uncategorized

Happy 92nd Birthday, William H. Gass!

On the occasion of William H. Gass’s birthday, I’ve cherry-picked sentences from all of his books: a publishing career spanning…

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July 5, 2016 - Uncategorized

Some Anagrams for Abbas Kiarostami (1940-2016)

I’ve been thinking of master film-maker Abbas Kiarostami. Here are some anagrams–with adjusted punctuation–of the titles of some of my…

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May 17, 2016May 17, 2016 - Uncategorized

Richard Diebenkorn’s “Notes to Myself on Beginning a Painting”

May 2, 2016 - Uncategorized

Vanessa Place’s “It’s Kind of Fucked Up” (2015)

What do we make of Vanessa Place’s curious presence in the special dossier “On Race and Innovation” that Dawn Lundy…

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April 22, 2016May 1, 2016 - Uncategorized

Ten Musicians Who Could Be Novelists: John Madera on Recording Artists Whose Books He’d Love to Read; Or, A Brief Take on the “Tone-Deaf” Audiophile

De gustibus non est disputandum. Then again, what to do when served a tasteless appetizer when promised a flavorful meal…

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