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Monthly Archives: November 2014
Tuesday Poetry: Jon Pineda’s “Translation”
Translation By Jon Pineda We thought nothing of it, he says, though some came so close to where we slept. I try to see him as a boy, back in the Philippines, waking to the sound of machine guns. His … Continue reading
Book Reviews! I Write Them!
My first review for My Books has just been posted on My Entertainment World. I share my thoughts on Claire Messud’s latest novel, The Woman Upstairs. Looking forward to turning the critical lens to a new medium. If there’s any … Continue reading
Posted in Literature, Reviews
Tagged Claire Messud, My Books, My Entertainment World, The Woman Upstairs
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The 50 Year Argument: Film Profiles of Great Minds
I have watched (and re-watched, and re-watched) Martin Scorsese and David Tedeschi’s filmed love letter to the New York Review of Books, celebrating its 50th anniversary last year: The Fifty Year Argument (2014). This documentary is a smorgasbord of intellectual, … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Journalism, Literature, Reviews
Tagged Bob Silvers, Daniel Mendelsohn, Derek Walcott, Gore Vidal, James Baldwin, Joan Didion, Mary McCarthy, Michael Chabon, New York Review of Books, Noam Chomsky, Norman Mailer, Robert Lowell, Susan Sontag, The 50 Year Argument, Town Bloody Hall, United States of Amnesia, Zoe Heller
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New Republic: 100 Years
The New York Times let me know a few mornings ago that The New Republic is turning 100. The first issue of this envelope-pushing publication came out on November 7th, 1914. Franklin Foer, the magazine’s current editor, has stated that … Continue reading
New Boston Bookstore: Papercuts in JP
Good news, local bibliophiles: on November 29th, a new book store will open its doors in Jamaica Plain: Papercuts JP. To learn more about the new store’s promising foundation, check out Boston Magazine’s profile of the owner, Kate Layte.
Tuesday Poetry: Bishop’s “One Art”
“One Art” By Elizabeth Bishop (from poetryfoundation.org) The art of losing isn’t hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster. Lose something every day. Accept the fluster of … Continue reading
Tuesday Poetry: Lowell’s “Home After Three Months Away”
“Home After Three Months Away” Gone now the baby’s nurse, a lioness who ruled the roost and made the Mother cry. She used to tie gobbets of porkrind in bowknots of gauze– three months they hung like soggy toast … Continue reading
Tuesday Poetry: Jill McDonough “On Being Asked ‘What is Poetry?'”
I got to meet Jill McDonough at a poetry reading back in 2012, where I bought her book Where You Live. She’s a great local poet with several fellowships and prizes under her belt. Today’s selection is from Where You … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged Jill McDonough, On Being Asked "What is Poetry?", Where You Live
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The Educated Procrastinator 