Certified E.M.T. and former NYPD cadet, Salman went missing after helping save lives on September 11th, ten years ago. Instead of spurring “Missing” fliers, his face was brandished across “Wanted”…
I’m pretty sure that madwomen+ road trips + Armageddon + self vs.nature = me. In its archetypes and generational themes, literature has taught us a lot about ourselves, but often…
Reb Livingston, the publisher of No Tell Books, has written a post about the economics of her own press in the light of the BlazeVOX controversy. What kinds of sales…
This week in San Francisco…!!! Tuesday 9/6: Comedians and collaborators Boots Riley and W. Kamau Bell discuss their careers, dreams, and years of incorporating the political and personal into the…
New York’s September’s got a slew of literary events, brought to you by Housing Works Bookstore Café at 126 Crosby in SoHo. The events range from internet meme-themed variety shows,…
Perhaps you are wondering what the proper protocol is when looking for a yeti in the 50s. Have y’all been following the constitutional goings on in Iceland these days? I…
Lately, I’ve been feeling full-circlish. As a result, I am choosing to publicly acknowledge the-last-poem-I-loved’s similarity to the first poem that made me want to be a poet. They were…
This week in New York, the West Indian American Day Parade in Brooklyn, Red Lemonade Launch Party with Kio Stark, Melville House Poetry After 9/11, Red Hen Press authors at…
About a hundred gay, lesbian, and bisexual members of the military will come out to their fellow service members on U.S. Army and Air Force bases in the pages of…
I’m feeling concise today. Jessa Crispin on sexism in the arts. Flannery O’Connor tweets? (via) A classic but always excellent video: Vonnegut charts a story. (via) At the Paris Review,…