More sensational than sex, nudity, or gratuitous violence— Continue reading
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Name That Book!
22 JunAnd now, ladies and gentlemen, it’s time for Name That Book! We’ve identified several people in our studio audience who think they know a thing or two about “great” literature (no not you, Professor Bloom), so we’re going to challenge them. The first one to identify the “home” of the following passage wins a pat on the back from the Writer’s Shadow!
“I am the way into the doleful city,
I am the way into eternal grief,
I am the way to a forsaken race. Continue reading
Six Degrees of Separation–or Death of the Original
23 FebLast night, I was not quite having a conversation with a friend whom I haven’t seen since 2003. It was late, and we were messaging each other through Facebook—my ambivalence about technology and social networking temporarily suspended while we “chatted” through e-space. He was telling me that he’s in the last gasp of getting an MFA, and he’s busy translating the work of a Catalan poet into English. Never mind he doesn’t speak the language. He has Skype and a translator on the other end. Continue reading
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