Category: Arts
When Henry Miller Met George Orwell: A Clash of Titans
George Orwell and Henry Miller, two of the most influential writers of the 20th century, had a single brief encounter in Paris in Dec. 1936. It has intrigued and baffled scholars and fans..
Ideology v. Art. Make Art Not War.
From the Wisdom of Crowds: The novelist Phil Klay came on Wisdom of Crowds back…
Monday Poem: Switch Plate
The day moves by me, and I’m stillat the same old desk that was two-wheeledinto…
Sunday Poem: Loose Brick
Sophia Hall (age 14): “I hope that when people read my poetry, they find companionship and feel a little less alone.”
Who Do They Think They Are? When Extraordinary Writers Prove Fallible
The reader-writer relationship is a contract of sorts. But because the terms are not written down, there is much room in that contract for misinterpretation.
Saturday Poem: The Complex Self
Why is it that I’ve tried so hardto forget?When I’ve spent so longtrying to remember.Then,…
Friday Poem: True Story
I can’t escape the possibilityI was meant to own a Zambonibut got stuck with three…
Thursday Poem: Apocalypse
Within, without the cosmos wide am I;In joyful sweep I loose forth and draw back…
Wednesday Poem: Elevation
Above the lakes, above the vales,The mountains and the woods, the clouds, the seas,Beyond the…
Tuesday Poem: What the Fish Say
My godson wanted to go look at fish but I told him, today, beauty is…
Monday Poem: Paragon
To eat sweet corn straight offthe cob, just shucked—no one ever told me I could…