Alex Gallo-Brown: The Last Book I Loved, Magic Hours
Magic Hours, Tom Bissell’s recent collection of non-fiction, surveys his magazine writing over the last decade or so. It is a genre, he informs us in the Author’s Note, he…
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Alex Gallo-Brown
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Alex Gallo-Brown’s essays have appeared at The Rumpus, Salon, Bookslut, The Nervous Breakdown, The Collagist, and more. He is the author of The Language of Grief, a collection of poems. You can find him at alexgallobrown.com.
A Rejoinder to Hate (or Why I Love The Rumpus)
A few weeks ago, I made arguably the biggest splash of my modest writing career: a paid publication on the virtual cover of the lefty web magazine, Salon.com. The piece…
The Devilishness of Idleness
“Boredom is the dream bird that hatches the egg of experience.” –Walter Benjamin
Where I Write #10: Nowhere, Everywhere
Most often, I don’t. I watch basketball instead. I check my e-mail. I cook dinner and make love to my girlfriend and read magazine articles about the financial crisis. I…
Heart Healthy
On Wednesday, I wake a little after ten. This isn’t intentional. It’s not like I set an alarm. I stumble from the bed to the bathroom to take a long,…