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…
Reading The Cantos
READING THE CANTOS I am not the only person in the United States reading The Cantos. I know because the…
Guest Post by Paul Skinner: “As Easy as Pie – Sometimes”
‘Basil returned with the two pies. He was wearing the expression of a man who has laid hands on a…
To Live To Read To Live
TO LIVE TO READ TO LIVE Gimmickry attached to the world of belles-lettres has me chagrined: not the book itself,…
Most Anticipated Small Press Books of 2018!
Like every year, there’s much to dread about 2018, and to fight against, but, fortunately there’s much to look forward…
Today’s Library Haul
Took out a mountain of books from the library this afternoon, in anticipation of National Translation Month.
Shark Porn
Stephen Burt has a recent review, “Poems about Poems,” from the Nov/Dec issue of the Boston Review that begins, If…
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You know who sells a lot of soap? Procter & Gamble. Do you think P&G soap is “the best”? or…