Category: Arts
Music Just Changed Forever
James O’Malley at Persuasion: Imagine if after Oppenheimer successfully detonated the first atomic bomb, the…
Sunday Poem: A Litany For Survival
For those of us who live at the shorelinestanding upon the constant edges of decisioncrucial…
‘In Two Minds’: Callie Siskel Reflects on the Ghost of Her Famous Father
By J. Howard Rosier at Poetry Foundation: The legacy of the deceased may truncate one’s…
The Life and Death of Hollywood
Daniel Bessner at Harper’s Magazine: In 2012, at the age of thirty-two, the writer Alena…
Saturday Poem: To an Unread Poet
I used to read your poemsbut lately you don’t writeyou’re silent and aloofyou know that…
“Silence for Gaza” by Mahmoud Darwish
Khaled Beydoun at Pen > Sword: These are the words of Mahmoud Darwish, the Palestinian…
Friday Poem: I under stand!
Legs locked,shoulders set,eyes ahead straight, mouth firmly wavering,range bound, betweena back n’ forth,from grimaceto smile resolute,…
A Deep Dive Into New York’s Subways With Ed Hotchkiss
Lawrence Weschler at Wondercabinet: Ed Hotchkiss was born in Denver in 1956 and remained thereabouts…
Thursday Poem: Do You Know Why Men Cry in the Bathroom?
Why Men Cry in the Bathroom For so many reasons.I will tell you the why.I…
Cartoons Today: June 12, 2024
Expectation vs reality; Rule of law; Glass half empty; Fauci; Gaza; Refresh, and More…
Wednesday Poem: “Give-and-Take Ghazal”
I would like to give more than I takein this world of takers. I forgive…
Tolstoy’s Grave
By Stefan Zweig at Poetic Outlaws: For I saw nothing more magnificent, nothing more moving…