If you like short stories and beautiful writing(the kind that engages all the senses), then you should read this book. I’m about 25 pages from the end and I’ve been singing its praises since page 1. It’s such a wonderful thing–to be reading this book right now while I’m editing my own. The bravery of […]
I’m reading some poetry on Thursday night with a line up of other awesome writers. Here’s the flyer, stop by if you can!
Here is John Maloof’s explanation of how he acquired the photography of Vivian Maier:
I acquired Vivian’s negatives while at a furniture and antique auction. From what I know, the auction house acquiredher belongings from her storage locker that was sold off due to delinquent payments. I didn’t know what ’street photography’was when I purchased […]
Pina Bausch, German Choreographer, Dies at 68
Pina Bausch, the German choreographer who combined potent drama and dreamlike movement to create a powerful form of dance theater that influenced generations of dancemakers, died on Tuesday in Wuppertal, Germany. She was 68.
The cause was cancer, her company, Tanztheater Wuppertal, announced. She received the diagnosis just five […]
Thanks to Renee for passing on this article from The Brooklyn Rail. She knows that I’m a huge fan of Basinski’s Disintegration Loops. Joel played Disc 1 for me at some point last spring, and I drifted off to sleep listening/loving Loops 1.1, giddy about writing to it in the future. I also published a […]
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