My greatest hope is that the new year will bring us, against all signs to the contrary, a less violent…
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…
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…
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,…
Largehearted Boy’s David Gutowksi Needs Your Help!
The good David Gutowski of Largehearted Boy has fallen seriously ill. Help fund his medical expenses!
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…
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…
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…
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…