October 30, 2017
If Zero-Point Energy + Infinite Timelines Then
All your timelines lead to more timelines, and none of them have an inch of empty space. And so do his, my sweetest friend. Even if he denies this. He who […]
October 26, 2017
Carmen Maria Machado’s Her Body and Other Parties: The Mad Woman in the Attic and the Abject-Mother-Baby-in-the-Basement
Although not all the stories in Carmen Maria Machado’s Her Body and Other Parties reach the accumulative electricity of its first tale, “The Husband Stitch,” this is not uncommon in […]
October 25, 2017
Hayes’s American Sonnets (Part II)
[Continued from “Hayes’s American Sonnets (Part I)”] I trace Hayes’s “American Sonnet” impulse and form to Wanda Coleman, but Coleman and Hayes are certainly not alone in making the sonnet […]
October 24, 2017
Hayes’s American Sonnets (Part I)
There is a particular excitement in experiencing a favorite poet’s new project unfurl, if not in real time as its poems are written, then soon after, before a collection binds […]
October 16, 2017
“THIS IS THE STORY OF HOW I GOT TO LIVE”: On Lynn Melnick & Surviving the Landscape
I don’t even know you. Sure, I do the most uncareful things when I’m miles from here. It’s all that freedom I don’t recognize. —Lynn Melnick, “Landscape with […]
October 12, 2017
Book Tourist
You don’t have to travel to exotic locations to be a proper book tourist. Take my recent visit to a used bookstore in Sherman, New York, or the rack of […]
October 11, 2017
Blade Runner 2049, Poetry, and Electric Sheep
In undertaking Blade Runner 2049, a sequel to Ridley Scott’s much-theorized 1982 cult classic Blade Runner, director Denis Villeneuve had some big shoes to fill. His shrewd move was […]
October 7, 2017
Pop Quiz: What Kind of Novel Are You?
1. In your favorite novel, the main character’s name is: A) Arabella Featherstone B) Luther Impossibilius C) Jake Amnesty D) The same as the author’s 2. In your favorite novel, […]
October 2, 2017
YA Roundup: E. Katherine Kottaras on Writing, Teaching, and Being Brave
Katherine Kottaras is originally from Chicago, and now she writes and teaches in the Los Angeles area. She holds an M.A. in English from the University of California, Irvine and teaches […]
September 30, 2017
On Atonement & The Year for which We Are Asking
On Yom Kippur, we ask that we are written into The Book of Life for one more year. And in thinking of The Book, I keep returning to this […]
September 29, 2017
The Gothic Literary Roots of Darren Aronofsky’s mother!
Even if you never laid eyes on Darren Aronofsky’s mother!, you could still get lost for days surfing the labyrinthine links of think pieces that have erupted since it hit […]
September 20, 2017
Film as Poetry’s Modern Sister Art
People often ask me why I think poetry and film go together like peanut butter and jelly, and I say, “Well, it’s kind of like that Videodrome interview,” and they […]