You and Three Others Are Approaching a Lake by Anna Moschovakis
Because approaching a lake is a strange thing, especially in the opening pages. Small detours abound.
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David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: If You Ain’t Got Your Poetics, Man, You’re Sunk
I’m glad to see Joshua Weiner wrestle so diligently and forthrightly with Charles Bernstein’s Attack of the Difficult Poems over on The Los Angeles Review. His review deserves attention, and…
Letters in the Mail Update
With the ninth month of Letters in the Mail coming to an end, we thought it would be a good time for a recap. Here, in chronological order, are all…
“Black Ops: ‘Post-Racial’ Comedy in the Age of Obama”
Richard Morgan interviews black comedians about mainstream media’s representation of “Black America,” for Splitsider. Fourteen comedians of varying popularity are interviewed, all of whom touch on similar themes – such…
Bringing Attention To Drone Use
Animal New York interviews Essam, the artist behind a recent campaign aiming to start a conversation about the United States’ foreign, and what he believes to be imminent, domestic use…
The Bold Italic’s Bold Rush
The Bold Italic is going on tour! The site will be traveling up and down the west coast to Los Angeles, Portland, and Seattle. In each city, there will be a…
“In Time’s Rift” by Ernst Meister
In Heidegger’s essay ‘The Nature of Language’ he poses the question “When does language speak itself as language?” He answers: “Curiously enough, when we cannot find the right word for…
FUNNY WOMEN #86: Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Mantis
Did Steve Harvey's bestseller Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man resonate with you? Then you'll LOVE its nature-inspired spinoff, Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Mantis.
Lit-Link Round-up
Honestly, stop everything and watch Sarah Silverman walk you through the current regulations on “voter fraud.” In short, make sure Grandma’s registered to own a firearm and we’re all good……
“Good Girls Revolt”
American Public Media talks with Lynn Povich, author of The Good Girls Revolt, about the group of female Newsweek employees who sued the publication for gender discrimination. Newsweek split tasks between gender at that…
The Last Poem I Loved: “Y” by Andrew Grace
I always make my students read Andrew Grace’s “Y,” and they always hate it at first. Because undergrads are undergrads and are hung over approximately one hundred percent of Monday…