July 7, 2016
Hurry up and Wait: On Waiting and Loneliness
Hurry up and wait is my favorite baseball expression, and it’s one that, of course, doesn’t pertain only to our nation’s pastime. (Something to ponder: Is baseball still considered America’s […]
September 23, 2013
Futurism Revisited: An Interview with Marjorie Perloff, Part I
[This interview, which will be published in parts, was preceded by an introduction; you can read that here.] The Kenyon Review: I was interested to learn that F. T. Marinetti was […]
May 14, 2010
Things You Only See Through Other Things
Things you only see through other things (so begins at least a thousand words, over several posts, to get at the reason my girlfriend loves Cordwainer Smith). For example: Magritte, […]