Advertisements In which new lit is lit 🔥 Ciao tutti— The lovely new lit mag Journal of Erato dropped its second issue today, entitled Hometown, in which my poem “Me and Mike #3” is featured. It began life as a fragment, a half-thought-out meditation on being away from familiar places and people. Then I realizedContinue reading “More poetry!”
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Lit Review: REMAIN IN LOVE
Advertisements In which I do just that *CW: addiction* This is a story of the tightest rhythm section ever. And possibly the most successful married pop act ever. One of them is French Catholic, which I get; the other is from Kentucky and spent his youth in the KY/OH/western-PA area, which I get. Their jointContinue reading “Lit Review: REMAIN IN LOVE”
Why Is Love So Hard?
Advertisements In which I indulge in a little armchair psychology Distinct non-philosopher that I am, I’ve lately had occasion to dwell on the idea of love and why that idea often differs so drastically from the reality. (Nothing in particular has happened; in fact it’s what hasn’t happened that constitutes, as a friend of mineContinue reading “Why Is Love So Hard?”
Warren Beatty Reacts to “You’re So Vain” (A McSweeney’s Castoff)
Advertisements In which I house a homeless monologue Here follows a piece which was rejected by not one but TWO online humor mags, one being the illustrious McSweeney’s Internet Tendency of Boston. Given the double distinction, I felt it merited self-publication. It is, I think, no meaner than the song. • It was a yachtContinue reading “Warren Beatty Reacts to “You’re So Vain” (A McSweeney’s Castoff)”
Words & Phrases That Need to Die
Advertisements In which I do a snatch of etymological spring cleaning Welcome back to the quarantine club, all. As the current, possibly false, warm spell increasingly causes us to actually take note of the outside world, we may find—at least I have—that a bit of spring cleaning is in order. Which I think goes especiallyContinue reading “Words & Phrases That Need to Die”
Foresight is 20-20
Advertisements In which I check the New Year mindset Folks, we made it. Happy New Year to all! (And to all a good night—we could probably use some rest and recuperation from our dusk-’til-dawn festivities.) While the Gregorian calendar puts me at odds with these ‘decade’ reviews—the timeline propagated by much of the West dictatesContinue reading “Foresight is 20-20”