Category: Arts

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…

Thursday Poem: The Association of Man and Women

Whatever badness there wassometimeswas not of us,but between us. Because there was goodness,which felt like…