Monday Poem: Restricted Fragile Materials
It should be easy, I tell my son,to dispose of the possessions keptin these rooms. I’ve left some things on a shelf for him, see?These coupons might still be valid,the
Sunday Poem: The Forgotten Madmen
Do not look sadly at days gone bydays below days like a river running under the starsDo not listen to the bluesor speak often with priestsDo not think the rich
The Fall and Rise of ‘Scarface’
Sonny Bunch at The Bulwark: This week, I’m rejoined by Glenn Kenny to discuss his new book The World Is Yours: The Story of Scarface. Among the topics discussed: What
Saturday Poem: Older Love
His wife has asthmaso he only smokes outdoorsor late at night with headand shoulders well intothe fireplace, the mesquite and oakheat bright against his face.Does it replace the heatthat has
Friday Poem: Graduation
Tim Suermondt: “The day after a February snow storm the sun came out, and I watched a group of high school students standing on the street corner, all of whom
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 well-known rom-coms around the world. The movie isn’t just about love — it’s about Hollywood
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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 a sure base.While badness felt onlylike incidents upon it. The badness was onlythe way you
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No One Buys Books
Elle Griffin at The Elysian: In 2022, Penguin Random House wanted to buy Simon & Schuster. The two publishing houses made up 37 percent and 11 percent of the market
The Cultural Fight Over Michelangelo’s David
Some in Italy are trying to stop what they consider ‘debasing’ use of the sculpture By Justin Klawans in The Week: A recent report in The Associated Press describes how
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Caponigro’s Resonance Series (Pics)
The Environmental Fine Art Landscape Photographer John Paul Caponigro continues to revisit an ongoing series he began in the late 1990s. Obsessed with color, the Resonance series “possesses my works’
Wednesday Poem: The One and the Other
The child hums as he carries, too late,his grandmother’s sugar-dusted lemon-glazed cake down the street to the neighbor who needs to be cheered,too late for the neighbor who’s stepped into
Is Art a Form of Therapy?
by Derek Neal in 3 Quarks Daily: There is a meme on the internet that you probably know, the one that goes, “Men will do x instead of going to