For Your Consideration, Part II
From the essay “The Medium of Fiction” The purpose of a literary work is the capture of consciousness, and the…
One Foot in the Urn
“…the iniquity of oblivion blindely scattereth her poppy, and deals with the memory of men without distinction to merit of…
Reading Caponegro’s The Complexities of Intimacy: “The Son’s Burden”
This 113-page novella is the centerpiece of Caponegro’s book of stories. As in the first stories (articles here, here and…
For Your Consideration
Reading William H. Gass has set my mind to fire. In the essay “The Sentence Seeks Its Form” from A…
Reading Caponegro: “The Mother’s Mirror”
The more I delve into Caponegro’s art, the more I see an anthropologist at work–a Joycean scientist who curls bright,…
Dwight Around Your Lips or the Third Thing that Killed Off Elizabeth Bishop
Criticizing Dwight Garner’s reviews of poets is nothing new at Big Other. Two days ago on Elizabeth Bishop’s 100th Birthday,…
Reading Caponegro: “The Daughter’s Lamentation”
The first story in Mary Caponegro’s book we are reading for February is “The Daughter’s Lamentation.” Caponegro follows the word…
February’s Big Other Book Club – Mary Caponegro
This month we will be reading The Complexities of Intimacy by Mary Caponegro. It’s a book of 4 short stories…
Blue Valentine: Being Blue Startles
It’s not surprising how Derek Cianfrance, director of Blue Valentine, spent twelve years developing a project that would become the…