Letter I remember a time when everything tasted good. Cold waves did not feel cold, and I couldn’t tell…
Today’s Library Haul
Took out a mountain of books from the library this afternoon, in anticipation of National Translation Month.
Happy Birthday, Charlie Parker!
Happy birthday anniversary, Charlie Parker! Bird lives! Quotes from the marvelous virtuoso: “Music is your own experience, your own thoughts,…
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…
On Robert Lopez’s All Back Full
Robert Lopez’s darkly comical collections and novels are full of bizarre, dissolute isolatos moving in and out of desultory relationships,…
Remarks on the Beasts: On Nick Francis Potter’s New Animals
Nick Francis Potter’s New Animals (Subito Press) is a startling book, an unleashing of all-too-human humans and other monsters within…
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…
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,…