Notable New York, This Week 4/26 – 5/2
This week in New York the sixth annual PEN World Voices Festival (PWVF) opens its week-long celebration of international writing with such notable literary figures as Sherman Alexie, Claire Messud,…
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National Poetry Month: Day 26. “Patato y Totico play ‘Ya Yo E’” by Patricia Spears Jones
Patato y Totico play “Ya Yo E” In this short film, a young man in Havana Carries two buckets of water Up and down three flights of stairs Three times…
Morning Coffee
To celebrate my second week filling in for Dan Weiss, I present this tote bag. There are drawings in here of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as a jazz combo.…
The Rumpus Review of Exit Through the Gift Shop
According to Banksy, his first film, made with footage shot by its subject, Thierry Guetta, is about “how one man set out to film the un-filmable. And failed.”
“The Stories Never Die”
“Liberty’s material is so relevant today it makes me feel, at age 84, that I am at the beginning,” says Robert Whiteman, who has devoted the last several years of…
Politics Sunday
Remember the Wikileaks video depicting the killing of twelve people, including two children and a journalist, in Iraq? Well, one of the soldiers responsible has written a formal letter of…
Agatha Christie Was A Mess
“Her less-than-refined writerly day began with finding her notebook, which surely she’d leftright there. Then, having found a notebook (not the one she’d used yesterday), and staring in stunned amazement at the…
The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup
Jonathan Lethem has been hired for David Foster Wallace’s old teaching post at Pomona. (via @maudnewton) “Lots of people in Indiana Jones hats today. I approve.” From @WriterDaniel at this…
The Rumpus Books Sunday Supplement
It’s Sunday, which means it’s Rumpus Books supplement time. Below the fold, an interview, lots of excellent reviews and more.
National Poetry Month: Day 25. “Errata” by Randall Mann
Errata I’m a little punchy after all the lines and torture-lite. And since this isn’t glitter underneath my nails, pass me an emery board and the strip brush—
Poetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears
Sorry for the light posting today. Combination of computer issues and personal matters. Here are some poetry links for you. Have you been keeping up with our National Poetry Month…