Note: This was originally published November 10, 2010. A few months ago, in April, to be exact, I started…
Recent Literary Disputes
I have to admit that neither Christian Lorentzen’s nor Kyle Minor’s respective takes on Alice Munro’s stories and books have…
Big Other’s Birthday Tribute to William H. Gass, 2012
It’s probably too easy a move to begin my very brief remarks about Gass’s use of architecture as a metaphor…
Kyle Minor’s “Literary Pillars”
1. American Pastoral, Philip Roth 2. “Pale Horse, Pale Rider,” Katherine Anne Porter 3. Jesus’ Son, Denis Johnson 4. Bats…
Best of 2011, Part 1
A few days ago, I reached out to writers and other artists across the country to provide me with a…
A Sentence About a Sentence I Love: An Anthology, of Sorts
A few months ago, in April, to be exact, I started a series of posts entitled “A Sentence About a…
Guest Post, By Kyle Minor: A Sentence About a Sentence I Love
“They came like a caravan of carnival folk up through the swales of broomstraw and across the hill in the…
James Kaelen’s Best of 2009
When John asked me to compose some sort of “best of” list for 2009, I thought immediately of film. Though…