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At last…
The May revelry has begun. Waxwings are getting high on nascent mulberries, the fuchsia’s getting ready to pop, cakes have been baked, early lettuces plucked. The first cheese soufflé of the season is rising in the oven, and asparagus and artichokes are on … Continue reading
SPINE POETRY – MAY (Part 2)
Ship fever The shape of water, the fatal shore We, the drowned Swimming home Clinging to the wreckage all around Atlantis. (from the brilliant Andrea Barrett, Andrea Camilleri, Robert Hughes, Carsten Jensen, Deborah Levy, John Mortimer, and Deborah Eisenberg) … Continue reading
SPINE POETRY – MAY
You A match to the heart Incendiary Everything ravaged, everything burned. (Austin Grossman, Gretel Ehrlich, Chris Cleave, Wells Tower)
STRANGE AND WONDERFUL – EYES AS BIG AS PLATES
The brilliant editors at Flavorwire shared this last month, and I keep going back for another look. Karoline Hjorth and Riitta Ikonen may be my new favorite artists. The expressions on their subjects’ faces are sublimely knowing and transcendent; the settings … Continue reading
HARBINGER
Looks a little like something Hitchcock might have concocted, but there’s no Tippi Hendren involved, only a piece of Hawaiian pizza left unattended.
SPINE POETRY – APRIL
Saturday Middle men carry the one To the wedding. The sucker’s kiss – are you mine? With your crooked heart, more like not running away. (Ian McEwan, Jim Gavin, Carol Anshaw, John Berger, Alan Parker, Abby Frucht, Helen Dunmore, Paul … Continue reading
PLAYLIST FOR GRAVITY OF BIRDS
“Heat Wave” – Martha and the Vandellas “Jumpin’ With Symphony Sid” – King Pleasure “Slim’s Jam” – Slim Gaillard and His Orchestra The Cool Voice of Rita Reys (album) Fly Away Little Bird (album) – Jimmy Giuffre/Paul Bley/Steve Swallow – … Continue reading
GLIMMER TRAIN – ISSUE 86
Look at the great cover art from Jane Zwinger for the Spring 2013 issue of Glimmer Train Stories. That could be my attic. Except for the sled. Sadly, not much snow in the Bay Area. But the board games on … Continue reading
WAITING ON A FRIEND
The first showing of the year for the Gang of Six and their Fearless Leader. (Which one is Fearless Leader? They take turns.) A bevy of Cedar Waxwings, with their lovely thin whistles and yellow-tipped tails.
SPINE POETRY – MARCH
Self-imposed rules: – Can only use books I own – Can only use each book one time (perfect excuse to buy more books!) The boys of my youth Out stealing horses The sky unwashed, the solace of open spaces The … Continue reading
