This week, Monday gets more tolerable with cocktails and local art at Make My Monday, Bobby Blanchard, Lesbian Gym Teacher takes over El Rio, demystify the history of the Wiggle…
“On its face, the novel’s title suggests both communal and individual aspects of identity. What defines Paul? If blood, he’s half Samoan, half white. If experience, his years in prison…
Doug, I’m sweating and having trouble breathing. A what? Don’t be so melodramatic. If anything it’s a Big Mac attack. Be a pal and go get me the cure, yeah?…
This week in New York, BookExpo America (BEA) kicks off, and this year with a new feature: New York Book Week–events that are open to the public. Daniel Handler (aka…
Happy birthday, self. Look I’m not going to lie to you, I am really into this sweet Portuguese bar. Paper plane art is the best kind of art. “Rational exploration…
Via HTMLGIANT, Poets for Living Waters has put out a call for submissions. They’re calling it a “poetry action in response to the Gulf Oil Disaster of April 20, 2010,…
Donor 8282 has magic sperm. Or rather, one vial of his sperm has magical properties, in that the possessor of said vial seems to be able to find a mate…
If you want to follow the oil-cano story, The New Orleans Times-Picayune is a good place to start. Mac McClelland is also on the ground and tweeting about it. Mount…
Harvey Milk should be celebrating his 80th birthday today. He can’t, but GLBT activists and their allies are going to. “The creation of the first official day of recognition for…
Picked up a brand new MacBook yesterday morning. Let’s see how it handles. Joshua Baldwin goes to Chinatown and finds some interesting things on the menu. To no one’s surprise,…
“The peculiarities of polar exploration are rich with distinctive details and she uses them to great effect.” Jennifer Jefferson reviews Elizabeth Bradfield’s second collection of poems, Approaching Ice.