“Bro, you ain’t the only one who picks up the newspaper, knows where the library is, likes the big humbug in Beowulf, moving out on Grendel and whatnot, or fighting […]
Friday Links: Start The Year With Malarkey
“With everything that happened, she now fully believed Charlie’s story. She shivered, as the reality of everything agitated her that much more deeply.” – Lauren Bolger, ‘The Barre Incidents’ What […]
Friday Links: Yeah Let’s Read Bernadette Mayer Again This Year Edition
“Snow describes a pattern on a series of roofs, there’s no one around. // Lewis comes in. Marie says we’ve got to have Talking Heads dance music.” – Bernadette Mayer, […]
Three Things I’m Excited For in 2026
“So much for comedy. So much for supposedly serious stuff.” – Kurt Vonnegut, ‘Galápagos’ Programming Note: there will be a Friday Links this Friday—gotta read Midwinter’s Day to end the […]
Friday Links: On A Long Enough Timeline, You Still Have To Get Out Of Bed In The Morning Edition
“come by— / the song is yours / if you want it— // this piano sitting by the / side of the road, playing / dead music in the breeze.” […]
Ways My Thinking Changed In 2025
“In the long run, the survivors would still have been not the most ferocious strugglers but the most efficient fisherfolk.” – Kurt Vonnegut, ‘Galápagos’ As someone who likes the idea […]
Friday Links: Do or Do Not, There Is Only Regret Edition
“At the moment of my utterance, I had been clear and certain about what I had wanted to communicate, but once I said it, I felt nothing but stinging regret.” […]
2025 Year In Review
“The waiter whipped out a handkerchief and removed the feather. And that too was a horror: what have we lost when you can’t shake off your own jacket or wash […]
Friday Links: God Help Us, The Moon Happened To Us
“My least favorite part of the day is from 2:34 to 4:56 in the afternoon.” – Percival Everett, ‘Dr. No’ If you were able to, I hope you took some […]
Clip Show 2025
“The trick is to teach yourself to read in small sips as well as long swallows.” – Stephen King, ‘On Writing’ Apologies to my parents for the frank weed discussion […]