Let the bad headlines begin: “Arnold Totally Into Recall.” “Arnie Becomes the Running Man for Governor.” “Schwarzenegger Muscles In.” And if you want them all in one: “Total Recall: ‘Gover-nator’ Arnie gives up movies for California politics.” Plus he’s not even the only Arnold in the race. Coleman, 35, will run as an independent with a platform that defies partisan…
Author: Timothy Yu
Negative memorialization: as people move out of their offices here the nameplates outside their doors disappear.
Reading in pairs with two different people (Cassie and Del) was like being two different people, as was writing postcards with them. Or maybe it was like being four different people, since the experience of reading with Cassie and Del was in some ways the opposite of my experience of writing to them. In writing to Cassie I was diligent…
Alan Sondheim’s work is much more readable when posted (and cogently discussed) by Chris than in the Poetics list digest, where I tend to scroll past it impatiently.
Plus Stephanie’s applying her photo-editor-enhanced crazy ass eye to the photos from the reading. I think the pen & ink version makes us look like Cheers.
Thanks for the Chicago produce tips, Stephanie. I suspect I’ll be doing most of my shopping at the 55th St. Co-op, which is just around the corner from our new place. Not to mention the 24-hr Walgreens for those late-night floss runs.
At dinner before the reading we were waiting for the food when someone suggested that we should actually talk about what poems we were going to read. A flurry of activity: Cassie’s newly minted books flying everywhere, eyes frantically scanning pages, looking for the right poem, people finding their partners and saying “Do you think this one goes with this…
My reading report seems to be seeping out, bit by bit. Postcard-like. Can’t break the habit.
This link (tympan) is a blog post that demonstrates community built by blogging. There are a number of poetry bloggers who all read and refer to each other’s blogs (if not poetry). This particular post is one of many about Ron Silliman’s recent reading in Oakland. If you read iit you will learn that these poet bloggers all know each…
Instant Gratification: Photos from Sunday’s Postcard Poems Reading! [I take full responsibility for any images that make the poets look any less than their glamorous selves.] 1. Exterior: the Oxygen Bar by night. 2. Taylor, Stephanie, Clive and Del in cushy luxury before the reading. 3. Our public awaits. Sorry, Kevin, that flash must have hurt. 4. Stephanie in her…