Letter to An Imaginary Friend: Super-Sized Rockin’ Poetry
If Thomas McGrath were a painter, he would apply fat brushes to giant canvasses in complex color and texture. Gershwin’s gloss and the landscape of Copland are tame music compared…
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Mary Pacifico Curtis
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Mary Pacifico Curtis's poetry and prose have been published by LOST Magazine, The Crab Orchard Review, Languageandcultures.net, Longstoryshort.us, Clutching at Straws, Kaleidoscope, Unheard, and The Boston Literary Magazine. When she is not writing, she is CEO of Pacifico Inc, a Silicon Valley PR and branding firm.
The Last Book I Loved: The Triggering Town
When I read Richard Hugo’s “The Triggering Town” essay some years ago, I understood it intuitively and from my own experience of writing.
Mary Pacifico Curtis: The Last Book I Loved, Tender at the Bone
The title of this book, Tender at the Bone, is quite brilliant. As the chef’s description of a roast that is perfectly cooked, it gets to the junction of a memoir…
Mary Pacifico Curtis: The Last Book I Loved, Grief
Andrew Holleran’s Grief is a beautifully written book that fulfills what one liner note promises, perhaps delivering the fictional version of what Joan Didion before him did in her non-fiction Year of…