“Who were they / those men darkening // the barnmouth, / leaning like that” – Joe Wilkins, “Evening Elegy” Goofy month for titles, it seems. Well, it will make sense […]
Friday Links: I Thought Your Name Was Todd Edition
“Maybe I would’ve gone about it less bluntly, or somehow differently. But not much, not much differently.” – Michelle Cruz Gonzalez, ‘The Spitboy Rule” They’re calling it “my most doesn’t […]
Friday Links: Punk History Edition
“The first all-Black punk band Pure Hell is nearly written right out of the history, in spite of being along from the trough to the crest of the first wave…Something […]
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, […]
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.” […]
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.” […]
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 […]
Friday Links: Living With Kidnappings Edition
“News of a kidnapping, no matter how painful, is not as irremediable as news of a murder…” – Gabriel García Márquez, ‘News Of A Kidnapping’ Like said on Wednesday, we […]
Friday Links: The Weirdest Guys Edition
“Men have two fears / The first is crashing your hang glider / Into the center of the ocean at 1 am / And having to swim around naked for […]