Feb
5
Great Books Are Ships of Thought
February 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment
We’ve all seen how literature is a tool of protest and revolution: Publishing your views sure beats throwing molotov cocktails, and it also seems to be much more effective. What about literature as diplomat and peacemaker? Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet, diplomat and politician, wrote, “The books that help you most are those which make you [...]
Dec
16
Borges, “Life Editing”, and the nth WORD…
December 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment
nth WORD, an online arts journal of superior quality, provides an endless amount of joyful brain fodder. The following video (below) was included in a recent issue and it is just a tiny taste of what you will find there. For more nth WORD, click here for the journal itself. Borges reads “The Art of [...]
Jul
8
“The Poetry Revolution is Now”
July 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment
“The Poetry Revolution is Now” Those are words I heard spoken on NPR this morning as I was driving my daughter to preschool. And I agree, although I have no idea by what dark magic poetry manages to remain alive. So many people would love to see it dead on the curb, a victim of [...]
Jul
1
Ephemera is transitory written and printed matter not intended to be retained or preserved
July 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment
[Ephemera is transitory written and printed matter not intended to be retained or preserved...] Need to jump start your muse? Have a hankering for some bright ideas? Need some fuel to spark your creativity drive? It’s summer now and high time we sit on a lounge chair by the pool with our notebooks (or iPads, [...]
May
27
Ambulatory Literature
May 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Sometimes life feels a lot like fiction. We are overcome by a sort of creative deja vu effect. Usually when this happens to me I consider whether my surreal experience is one of those “that would make a great short story or novel” sort of moments or is just a result of not eating a [...]