Rusbridger:
The Guardian will not be intimidated
The Guardian will not be intimidated
John Rechy on being a Gay Latino writer
Maya Angelou: admiring Mandela
Mandela:
batik fashion icon
batik fashion icon
Miriam Markowitz
on VIDA & the future of publishing
on VIDA & the future of publishing
7 queer poets you should know
Ahmed Fouad Negm has died
Natalya Gorbanevskaya is dead
Fred Brunke has died
Katrina vanden Heuvel:
100 years of Proust in The Nation
100 years of Proust in The Nation
Ariana Reines: Dream House
Hannah Weiner’s Code
Poems
Lyn Hejinian: Wild Captioning
Alice Notley reads
Pillar of Flame
Pillar of Flame
Literature & bureaucracy
Roberta Beary’s Nighthawks
Joyce Carol Oates on Mike Tyson
Talking with Peter Jaeger
What would I say?
(#wwis)
(#wwis)
Kenny G on The New Yorker Blog
on the art of Google book scans
on the art of Google book scans
Michelle Naka Pierce
talking with Alice Notley
talking with Alice Notley
Lessing’s last interview
Joe Amato & Kass Fleisher
on composition studies
on composition studies
People who use libraries
should “go back to Mexico”
says pol who wants to halt
library funding
should “go back to Mexico”
says pol who wants to halt
library funding
Samuel R Delany
was a master of sci-fi
long before they started
to give him awards for it
was a master of sci-fi
long before they started
to give him awards for it
Ryan Clark:
Teaching homophonic translation
Teaching homophonic translation
Rae Armantrout’s
best poetry of 2013 list
best poetry of 2013 list
Amazon has its top 100 of 2013
Multimedia documentary
poetry,
a list thereof
a list thereof
Eleanor Catton wins the Governor
General’s award
Literary prizes &
the ‘ordeal of middlebrow culture’
the ‘ordeal of middlebrow culture’
Manil Suri
wins this year’s prize
for bad sex
wins this year’s prize
for bad sex
Jasper Bernes on
John Ashbery,
albeit second-hand
albeit second-hand
Ashbery’s
Coconut Milk
Ron Padgett’s Collected Poems
Iain Sinclair
looking for Charles Olson
EL Doctorow:
the promise & threat of the internet
the promise & threat of the internet
Mesosticize this!
Jynne Dilling Martin:
the coolest poet alive,
literally
the coolest poet alive,
literally
Hemingway’s
letters,
book 2
book 2
Daniel Alarcón:
hot on two continents
hot on two continents
The Ahadada Press
archives
are all online
are all online
William Weaver has
died
Jeffrey Eugenides:
Find the Bad Guy
Find the Bad Guy
Penguin signs deal
to sell e-books directly
to sell e-books directly
New Orleans’ new poetry scene
Krakow:
a city of literature
built out of books
a city of literature
built out of books
Martin Cruz Smith
on writing with Parkinson’s
on writing with Parkinson’s
Calvin Trillin:
What Cynthia Ozick
taught me about my grandfather
What Cynthia Ozick
taught me about my grandfather
Stephen Burt,
transgender in Western Washington
transgender in Western Washington
Geoffrey Hill: Broken Hierarchies
Dutch braille stamps
to celebrate Louis Braille’s
200th birthday
to celebrate Louis Braille’s
200th birthday
Heaney drafts on display
in Belfast
in Belfast
David Lehman:
What makes Tintern Abbey a masterpiece?
What makes Tintern Abbey a masterpiece?
Hotels inspired by literature
Tami Haaland,
Montana poet laureate
Montana poet laureate
City Desk meaning “will call” --
the history of a regional phrase
the history of a regional phrase
Writers & their libraries
Richard Ford
wins French literary award
wins French literary award
CS Lewis gets a nod
in Poets’ Corner
in Poets’ Corner
An event @ the Harry Smith Print Shop
Matt Kish
on the art of The Heart
of Darkness
on the art of The Heart
of Darkness
Surviving Sandy: 300 artists in Brooklyn
Yau:
What happens when we run out of styles?
What happens when we run out of styles?
Russia’s art anarchists
explain themselves
explain themselves
Loos lips: talking with Yehuda Safran
Leon Kossoff & the School of London
Susan Howe & David
Foster Wallace
among 2014 Whitney Biennale artists
among 2014 Whitney Biennale artists
Self-portraits & disguise
Christie’s sets an auction record
for modern & contemporary art
for modern & contemporary art
Sotheby’s isn’t doing poorly either
Cheap art on Amazon
Hopper’s East
Wind Over Weehawken
sells for $40M
sells for $40M
Germany must seek out
owners of looted art
owners of looted art
Meret Oppenheim @ 100
as viewed by her niece
as viewed by her niece
“Fighting in
the captain’s tower” – Dylan reads The Waste Land
(which he reads as a poem about the death of Lincoln)
(which he reads as a poem about the death of Lincoln)
J Alfred Prufrock: the comic
Springsteen lyrics born to sell
John Tavener has died
Obama’s booklist
