An Emphasis Falls on Reality November 25, 2008: Wesleyan University Press has just released the by Travis Nichols

Old world November 25, 2008: 'First tell me what it was you thought you heard.' by Lavinia Greenlaw

Information, Thy Nemesis is Reverie November 25, 2008: Quoth Ange Mlinko - Just three years ago I was sitting in a room of a Madison Avenue office tower, listening to my boss make a pitch to his boss, a hedge fund manager. Normally, during my spotty career as "content specialist" in various capacities, meetings were an opportunity to get hopped up on coffee and doodle. This was not to happen in front [...] by Don Share

Uruguay: Don’t Look Away November 24, 2008: Melisa Machado For many of the people reading this website, the three best-known poets from Uruguay might be Comte de Lautréamont (born Isador Lucien Ducasse in Montevideo, 1846), Jules Supervielle (born in Montevideo in 1884), and Kent Johnson (lived in Montevideo 1961-1971 and in 1978), three men who gained renown after leaving Uruguay and [...] by Forrest Gander

POETRY (IN MY LIFE) THIS WEEK November 24, 2008: my god, there was actually a lot of poetry in my (new) house this week! (no, i'm not talking about my shelves again, and, no, nothing got written, but why is everything always about stupid that?!) i mean, poems (not mine!) were read aloud! (more...) by Olena Kalytiak Davis

Tune thy music to thy heart November 24, 2008: In Berlin this week, I wandered into a dark room next to this building site and found myself not in a silent disco but a silent singalong. ‘Tune thy music to thy heart,’ Thomas Campion proposed. These people sure did. (more...) by Lavinia Greenlaw

2008 Pen Oakland Josephine Miles National Literary Awards November 23, 2008: Oakland, the city in which I live, is home to two national book awards—the American Book Award and the Pen Oakland Josephine Miles Award—that challenge the hegemonic judgment of the literary establishment. The force behind these awards is multiculturalism, a belief that “sweetness and light” is multiple and diverse. I tend to trust the [...] by Javier Huerta

It’s the economy part II: scattered thoughts November 23, 2008: *An article that echoes my previous post on the recession and how it might affect artists. * Travis helpfully mentioned an old NEA article on artists in the workforce. On that note, isn’t the risk-averse Bush appointee Dana Gioia stepping down to do some soul-searching in Aspen? I’m curious to see who Obama will appoint as Gioia’s [...] by Cathy Park Hong

Reading San Francisco November 22, 2008: (more...) by Linh Dinh

Ready for…. Issue 2?? November 20, 2008: Yep. What would an Issue 1 be without an Issue 2? by Don Share