A review of my friend Mary Bonina’s poetry collection, Living Proof, in Prick of the Spindle: “Each poem reads like a miniature story, stabbing at the heart of memory and nostalgia, capturing lifetimes in a single moment or turn of phrase.” You can buy a copy here.
Archive for June, 2008
mary bonina
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged poetry on June 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
dedimple
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged words on June 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
You won’t find it in your Funk & Wagnalls. The word of the day.
all right already!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged words on June 26, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Despite what rock ’n’ roll seems to think, alright is not all right! Is this a battle worth fighting?
The American Heritage Dictionary says alright is Nonstandard. All right. And if you look at the usage note at all right you’ll see “Despite the appearance of alright in works of such well-known writers as Langston Hughes [...]
wormtown
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged wistah on June 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This book blogger really doesn’t appreciate my home town: “Obviously, the four of us drove around past the nudie bars and automotive spring repair shops on the outskirts of town until we hit Worcester Center. We briefly got lost in the Abandoned Warehouse district, and then stumbled upon the Gentrified Abandoned Warehouse district, featuring loft [...]
deep-holes
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged fiction on June 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A new Alice Munro story in the New Yorker.
george carlin
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged comedy on June 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
George Carlin dead at 71.
dixie
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged movies on June 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
To Live and Die in Dixie premieres tonight in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
what they did to her
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged story on June 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Flash fiction from Merle Drown in Word Riot.
requiem, mass.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged review on June 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A review in two parts from The Lit Chick.
offshore drilling
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged oil on June 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Our Republican Governor has decided that off shore drilling is imperative. Here’s Connie May Fowler’s response. (Scrool down a bit.) How about spending money on alternative energy, on mass transit instead of more of the same short-sighted and ultimately doomed enterprise?
