August 23, 2007
Books for babies
A couple of weeks ago, I spent five days with two dear friends and their new baby, whose fourth month begins on Friday. This small baby–we’ll call her Lily, because […]
August 22, 2007
Take Two
“Hi, Bob.” The Associated Press reports that Bob Newhart has been nominated for this year’s Thurber Prize for American Humor. Newhart was nominated for his memoir, I Shouldn’t Even Be […]
August 22, 2007
Beyond the Imperative
A while back, Liz Lopatto asked the KR associates to write about books that were important to them. Enjoy this musing by Lucia Pizzo as the end of summer nears. […]
August 20, 2007
Exploring UbuWeb, Part 1: Vietnamese Ca Dao
UbuWeb’s site is an enormous archive of the visual, aural, and written avant-garde created by Kenneth Goldsmith in 1996. An academy-trained sculptor who turned to poetry after ten years in […]
August 19, 2007
Sunday Funnies: Performing Poetry
Seems like performance poetry and drum circles always go together, which makes aspiring poets appreciate the Comedy Slam. They’ve got funny poets even in the Ozarks! For the more artistic […]
August 18, 2007
Jack’s Back
I wish I could say that every youth in my sleepy upstate New York hometown longed to foment rebellion, change the world, or at least set out for long, crazed […]
August 17, 2007
Short Takes
How well do you know your Auden? Could George Bush name ten American Poets? Mystery solved! Liam Rector, author most recently of The Executive Director of the Fallen World, passes. […]
August 16, 2007
On Collage: Cornell, Waldrop, Parajanov
Writer Sean Casey talks up collage as form and where to find some for yourself.–TM Folks in proximity to Earth would be well advised to make a stop over in […]
August 15, 2007
Take Two
A Confession. I hate the word “wordsmith.” When I hear it, I immediately think, “Cheesy.” I imagine a New Age-y guy wearing a blacksmith’s smock, holding a feather pen [aka, […]
August 13, 2007
The Romantic Real
Jonathan Crimmins brings another post of his thoughts on Divisadero.–TM Here’s an analogy– The Polyphonic Spree is to Riverdance as Miranda July is to Michael Ondaatje. The first half of […]
August 12, 2007
Sunday Funnies: Beats
“In the early 1950’s, the nation recognized in its midst, a social movement called “The Beat Generation.” Rediscover the Beats through photos and cool 60’s music or listen to Kerouac […]
August 11, 2007
Summer Reading for College Students: What Do You Think?
A recent article in The New York Times notes the recent upsurge in summer reading for incoming first-year college students. The practice itself is not new, to be sure. My […]