Best Picture: Riding with Death (1988),by Jean-Michel Basquiat Best Actor: Adrian Piper Best Costume Design: Frida Kahlo Best Makeup: How…
“Making a movie is like casting a spell.”
Happy birthday, Kenneth Anger! Here are some stills from Anger’s extraordinary films:
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
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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
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Barzakh
The literary magazine Barzakh has a newly designed website and has just opened a new reading period. Submit fiction, poetry, non-fiction,…
Today’s Library Haul
Took out a mountain of books from the library this afternoon, in anticipation of National Translation Month.
Happy Birthday, Meshell Ndegeocello!
Happy birthday, Meshell Ndegeocello, American singer-songwriter, rapper, bassist, and vocalist! 49, today! “We’re all just bags of bones and muscle…
Happy Birthday, Michael Jackson!
Happy birthday anniversary, Michael Jackson, American singer, songwriter, and dancer! “In a world filled with hate, we must still dare…