May 2, 2008
So Real It Spits
I’ve been recently buffeted about by The Digger’s Game, a novel by the late George V. Higgins. I haven’t read much crime fiction but feel strangely comfortable saying Higgins is […]
May 2, 2008
Hamlet’s Blackberry
The “newspaper” is just an institution, an abstract entity that gathers and distributes the core product, which is news and other information. The paper it’s printed on is simply a […]
April 24, 2008
It’s Coming! 2008 LA Book Fest
Speaking of the death of books, if you happen to be in Los Angeles this weekend, stop by UCLA for the UCLA/Los Angeles Times 2008 Festival of Books! The arena […]
April 18, 2008
Poem In Your Pocket Day: A photo journal
April 17, 2008
Pick Pocket
National Poetry Month freaks me out. I am just sitting here, quietly drinking my coffee, when Lynn Neary comes on the radio to rhymingly inform listeners about “National Poem in […]
April 11, 2008
Slices of Good
There’s a new journal called Fou, that you should check out. The five Suzanne Buffam pieces from “Little Commentaries,” are delicious and small and surprising, like petit fours with a […]
April 6, 2008
Antiquarian Book Collector Wanna-be
Andy Grace’s “The Joys of Local Reading” a while back, Sarah Heidt’s “library unpacking” from a few years ago, and Joseph Campana’s “Rare Books,” have all had me thinking about […]
March 29, 2008
Missing/Not Missing
I am visiting New Hampshire for the weekend, and the pile of snow at the end of my parents’ driveway is still about five feet high. No feet high is […]
March 27, 2008
More about Intentions Intending
Inspired by Reginald Shepherd’s excellent article (which Heather Christie refers to in her March 21st post) on intentionality, I shall tell a brief story from my childhood in a small […]
March 14, 2008
Harpo Reads!
I have not, since last week, been able to stop thinking about Harpo Marx. The other night I saw A Night at the Opera, and while it didn’t excite me […]
March 9, 2008
A Sneak Peek!
One of the blessings of being a blogger for The Kenyon Review is getting an advance copy of the newest issue delivered to my in-box a few weeks before it […]
March 2, 2008
Rereading ‘The Poet in the World’
Having read Dan Barden’s essay Workshop in P&W’s recent issue, like Heather Christie, I had a strong reaction to some of his feelings about teaching the workshop. Then I went […]