Happy birthday, Anton Chekhov(!), great Russian playwright and short story writer, about whom George Saunders wrote: That’s one of my…
Colette on Writing, Passion, Solitude, Despair, and More
Happy birthday, Colette! Here are some quotes from this great writer: “Put down everything that comes into your head and…
Alice Neel on Art, Freedom, Chekhov, and More
Happy birthday, Alice Neel! Here are some quotes from and paintings by this extraordinary artist: “Art is two things: a…
Claes Oldenburg on Art and Life and Other “Possibilities”
Happy birthday, Claes Oldenburg! 90, today! Here are some of his marvelous sculptures highlights from his wonderful “Ode to Possibilities“:…
Virginia Woolf on Life, Death, and Writing, and More
Some wonderful quotes by Virginia Woolf’s on the occasion of her birthday.
My Year in Reading: 2018
Despite 2018’s many local, national, and global catastrophes, it was a wonderful year for me, especially reading-wise. I read over…
Guest Post: New Fiction is Psychic Occupation by Suspended Reason
New Fiction is Psychic Occupation Fiction—or more generally, longform narrative text—has long been the handyman of culture, serving whatever functions…
Guy Davenport’s Only Recorded Interview/Hugh Kenner’s Unrealized Anthology
The Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History at the University of Kentucky Libraries has a 43-minute interview with Guy Davenport…
On First Reformed
ON FIRST REFORMED (Spoilers) The form perfectly matches the content. And so, with First Reformed, Paul Schrader has done it, just…
Reading The Cantos
READING THE CANTOS I am not the only person in the United States reading The Cantos. I know because the…