2015
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Spotlight: “Gravity” by Jarod Roselló
“Gravity” explores the tensions and sensations of human relationships through the juxtaposition of the impossible and the mundane, the domestic and the fantastic.
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A Year In The Life: An Introduction
Musician and writer Lara Downes and composer Daniel Felsenfeld embark on a year-long collaborative project, A Year in the Life, and chronicle their journey.
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Books for the New Year
Always a work in progress. Always dancing. Looking for an inspiring read for the new year? The New York Times‘s Sunday Book Review offers a glowing critique of two of the year’s most popular self-help books: Amy Cuddy’s Presence and Shonda…
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Insincerity and False Candor
For the New Yorker, David Denby listens to Jane Austen’s Emma and reflects on how listening to the book highlights the insincerity of the its characters: Austen was one of the first modern writers, one of the first thoroughly to understand the unconscious…
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Hip-Hop to Watch in 2016
Dazed Digital compiled a list of emerging hip-hop artists to watch, including Jay Boogie (think Mykki Blanco and the early 2000s), Tommy Genesis (on Awful Records, she describes her sound as “fetish rap”), Blaze Kidd (a London-based Ecuadorian rapper who plays with…
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Poetry As Propaganda
Oxford academic Elisabeth Kendall has found that poetry may be a major recruitment tool for militant jihadis in the Middle East. Although poetry is often sidelined in Western cultures, it is still important in Arab-speaking nations, where a reality TV show…
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Crazy Brave
Considering that most poetry isn’t read, “is it brave or crazy to devote oneself to poetry,” the New York Times asks. Citing poet Christopher Gilbert’s recently republished manuscript, the article says: Whether Christopher Gilbert’s poetry—or any poet’s poetry—will outlive the…
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Nietzsche the Space Man
It is often said that who controls the past controls the future but Nietzsche is one of the first to anticipate the power of speculation—that he who controls the future, controls the present.
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Anna March’s Reading Mixtape
Anna March’s Reading Mixtape will return after the holidays. She looks forward to offering you a bevy of reading recommendations in 2016, and wishes you all a very happy and restful holiday season!
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Notable San Francisco: 12/30–1/5
Wednesday 12/30: The Berkeley Poetry Slam presents The Third Annual Anarchy Slam with performance poet Mighty Mike McGee, a former National Poetry Slam Grand Champion, who has performed with Tons of Fun University, The Whirlwind Company, Electric Whale Revival, and Junkyard…
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Subversive Coloring in the ‘60s
Adult coloring books are enjoying a huge surge right now, but this isn’t the first time coloring books for adults have been popular. In the 1960s, coloring books criticizing everything from communism to corporate life proliferated: The point of the sixties coloring…
