Acts of the Faculty
There’s often a bit of overlap between writers and academia–not as much of one as those of us on the job market would like at times, but it’s there all…
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Brian Spears
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Brian Spears is Senior Poetry Editor of The Rumpus and the author of A Witness in Exile (Louisiana Literature Press, 2011). His poem “Upon Reading That Andromeda Will One Day Devour Triangulum and Come For Us Next” was featured in Season 9 of Motion Poems.
Not to brag or anything
But have you noticed who reads and links to us? Yeah, we’re moving up in the world. Love you too, Andrew. May I call you Andrew?
Saturday Morning Afternoon Links
Some technical troubles this morning, but it looks like we’re up and running again. I take comfort in the fact that while I’ve written some pretty stupid things on my…
Poetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears
Note: I’m adding this late, but it’s important. Our sincerest condolences go out to the friends and family and admirers of Lucille Clifton, who died yesterday at the age of…
Onward Christian History!
If you’re the kind of person who keeps tabs on the latest from fundamentalist Christians in the US, the story I’m about to link to might contain some facts you…
Science Saturday
Beautiful images of the Hourglass Nebula. Astronauts are having problems installing the new room on the International Space Station. Which NY Times stories tend to be emailed most? The answer…
Saturday Morning Links
If you were unclear as to just how anal sex works, gay marriage opponent Rep. Nancy Elliott (R-NH) has the lowdown for you. (Spoiler: she’s against it.) Is this “mixing”…
Poetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears
I’m always interested in the different ways poets are exploring to get poems out to the reading public. Cellpoems calls itself “a txt-msg poetry journal,” though thankfully none of the…
A Brief Bob Barker-ish Rant
My partner Amy and I are cat people. Until last summer, we had two–we adopted a third and a fourth attached herself to us a couple of months after we…
Science Saturday
A team of scientists says they’ve mapped the color scheme of the oldest discovered feathered dinosaur. Gene patents are under attack in federal court. Good. Shackleton’s whiskey is being recovered…
Saturday Morning Links
I would totally buy this. If it were real. And assuming I needed a chain saw. Twitpics are no big deal. Twitpics from space, though… I’m sure I’m not the…
The Rumpus Original Combo with Gabrielle Calvocoressi
"The opposite of transcendence (to me) is simply anyone who just makes pronouncements or qualifies themselves without doing the deep, ongoing work of inquiry."