September 13, 2018
The Structure of Nanette
Much has been written in recent months of Nanette, comedian Hannah Gadsby’s groundbreaking Netflix standup special. The New York Times labeled it “comedy-destroying” and “soul-affirming,” Vox called it a “tour de […]
April 23, 2012
The Two Unsurpassable Poems in the English Language
Every successful poem is unsurpassable in its own way. Even a brief rhyme, like— John Donne, Anne Donne, Undone. —cannot be improved upon, repeated, or replicated. It is a […]