One museum opens
in a new location
while another
is perilously close
to flickering out
§
A review
of
suggesting
that the architecture
outshines
the art
(You’re not alone,
SF MoMA!)
§
Bruce Langhorne,
one of the great musicians
of the last half century
needs your help
(a note from Jonathan Demme)
§
What Gerard Van der Luen
was doing
in December
26 years ago
(with an odd sighting
of old NY School poet
Jonathon Cott)
§
Look who wants
to extend
©
now
§
George W. Bush
announced on Friday
that William Safire
will be honored
with the
National Medal of Freedom
for
”polishing the language”
which raises the question:
how would Bush know?
§
No fan of
Project Runway
can fail
to note the passing
of fashion genius
Van Smith
§
Jack Krick
has been adding
new pages
to the
roster of contemporary poets
(322 to date)
Some recent additions:
Charles North
Jimmy Schuyler
Lorenzo Thomas
George Oppen
§
A new collective blog
worth noting is the
International Exchange for Poetic Invention
(Charles Bernstein & Ton van 't
§
For all of the great books
by living authors
Green Integer
has published,
it would appear
that just one of its
”best sellers”
is by or about
a living writer