Category: Arts
Thursday Poem: Avenue of Plane Trees
Things are growing strange these days,like Van Gogh’s yellow trees. Oh, do notbe surprised by…
Wednesday Poem: Images of Africa at Century’s End
By Ama Ata Aidoo @ Poetry Foundation: Who was it saidthe reason whyyou never seeBlack…
Why Did Our Ancestors Make Startling Art in Dark, Firelit Caves?
‘Why do you think they drew these stags here?’ Eduardo Palacio-Pérez, the conservator of the…
Tuesday Poem: Too Many Names
By Pablo Neruda: Mondays are meshed with Tuesdaysand the whole week with the whole year.Time…
Poetic Expression: Apples n Oranges
Majority left, West Pakistan Pakistan.Cabal saved, lands freed, businesses nationalizedPolitics monetized, economy amortized. Dreamers became…
Indian Court Painting and an Eclipse
Morgan Meis at Slant Books: I happened to be in New York City a few…
Monday Poem: Restricted Fragile Materials
It should be easy, I tell my son,to dispose of the possessions keptin these rooms….
Sunday Poem: The Forgotten Madmen
Do not look sadly at days gone bydays below days like a river running under…
The Fall and Rise of ‘Scarface’
Sonny Bunch at The Bulwark: This week, I’m rejoined by Glenn Kenny to discuss his…
Saturday Poem: Older Love
His wife has asthmaso he only smokes outdoorsor late at night with headand shoulders well…
Friday Poem: Graduation
Tim Suermondt: “The day after a February snow storm the sun came out, and I…
Movie Mistakes, Alternative Ending & Facts About “Pretty Woman”
“Pretty Woman” is essentially the grown-up version of Cinderella, and it’s one of the most…