Dec
21
It Is Impossible For Me to Do This Very Long List of Things…
December 21, 2011 | Comments Off
Lists of note…
Dec
7
Stopping Traffic with Haiku
December 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment
If it’s been a while since you’ve checked out our parent site LiveWriters, here’s a great sample of what’s over there – (Livewriters curates a wonderful sampling of booknerdy, and free, videos every day.) And now for something completely different. Haiku Traffic Signs Bring Poetry To NYC Streets by NPR STAFF If you’re walking or biking [...]
Oct
17
“Commonplace Books” For The Modern Age
October 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment
I am not sure where or how the rather dusty term “commonplace book” came up recently, but it strikes me that by definition a “commonplace book” could easily translate to the modern day blog. A commonplace book is “any manuscript that collects material along a common theme by an individual”, and they were a common [...]
Sep
8
Attack of The Robot People
September 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Our books are not the only things that are being roboticized…
Aug
31
Have You Been Floated Yet?
August 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Think of “Float” as a bigger, better fork with which to consume more and more giant bites of the delicious salad of multimedia.
Jul
14
Me Tarzan, Me Brachiating
July 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment
I have a new favorite word every few days or so. Today, my favorite word is brachiating, or “brachiate” – adj. Zoology Having arms or armlike appendages. intr.v. (-t) bra·chi·at·ed, bra·chi·at·ing, bra·chi·ates To move by swinging with the arms from one hold to another, as certain apes do. I borrowed this favorite word from the [...]
Jun
21
Exploding The Old Model: A Continuing Saga.
June 21, 2011 | 1 Comment
So, how many of you have been emailed the pfd of GO THE F* TO SLEEP? It has been sent to me a handful of times. The book’s not on sale yet but it has been on the Amazon’s bestseller list all week. Piracy = book sales? How Viral PDFs Of A Naughty Bedtime Book [...]
Jun
9
Two Smallish (But Enormous) Things
June 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment
First, a comic about writing and drawing for a living… Small Potatoes by Paul Madonna (Click here to read The Rumpus interview with Paul Madonna. Read more Small Potatoes at angrylittlepotatoes.com) Now, a poem – Rita Mae Reese’s first book, The Alphabet Conspiracy, includes a short poem called “Waiting for Lightningâ€: Who I am begins [...]
Jun
3
My Corner
June 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment
When I was in 4th grade our public school had a poetry program. We were inspired to write and share poems, and at the end of the year our poetry was published in a slim moss-green volume. We could not wait to show our parents our own copy of a new book with our very [...]
May
25
Your Canvas Can Be Anything.
May 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment
There are more ways than one to skin a cat. Documentaries can be hidden inside illustrated mini-comics (Wendy MacNaughton’s Meanwhile), magazines can be enacted live on stage via the folks at Pop-Up Magazine: Stories, documentary films, interviews, photography, facts, and radio all presented on stage by well known artists (also, you can get drinks at [...]