The Elaborates, the Beautiful Extremes, the Mensch for All Aesthetics: Susan Scutti’s “The Commute,” a New Poetry Book from Paper Kite Press (2011) by Robert Mueller The poems in Susan Scutti’s “The Commute” are those of a New York poet without the pretense of New York. Some may want, for charmers and also for intensities, … Read more
The Elaborates, the Beautiful Extremes, the Mensch for All Aesthetics: Susan Scutti, “The Commute,” a New Poetry Book from Paper Kite Press (2011) by Robert Mueller
Posted by in Essays - (Comments Off)The Real Deal with Eve Packer by Jeff Grunthaner
Posted by in Book Reviews | Essays | Reviews - (Comments Off)The Real Deal with Eve Packer I can’t escape the thought that the title of Eve Packer’s latest poetry collection, new nails, refers to rusting metal, to the accretion of time gathering over old wounds. I recently had the chance to interview Eve, and she assured me that “nails” was meant in a cosmetic … Read more
Demagogue China’s Beginnings by Susan Yung (Movie Review)
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Demagogue The decadences of the First World; as reflected in the decadences of the Third World. Social class structures, barriers of shunned communi- cat- ions Where humanity is a serious AGENDA / cry- teria for the concerned citizens the upper class are living with such privileges where I become the enemy forced … Read more
Photo by Aidan Gardiner Steve Cannon enjoying a recent jazz performance at his arts space, A Gathering of the Tribes. An arts space that has always had its door open, now needs some help, in return, from the community By Aidan Gardiner On a recent hot Sunday, Steve Cannon sat on the right side … Read more
“Some Remarks on the Painting of Janet Bruesselbach” by Jeffrey Grunthaner
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on the paintings of Janet Bruesselbach A studious fidelity to perceptual nuances, etc. -> First aspect one notices. This “studiousness” is a double-edged sword. On one side, she paints in a style timelessly reminiscent of the Academy. Which one?
I first met Davis Henderson along with Ishmael Reed in 1963 a few months before Kennedy was assassinated. They were involved with a writers workshop they named “Umbra” which meant shade. The reason for this was that it included African Americans and white folk’s writers, artist, and musicians. Some of the writers were as follows … Read more
He Ain’t Gonna Tell You by Amelia Woodside For Karl Marx Cannon The early evenings of late springtime in New York always feels balmy and sensual—when the air turns cool and voices and music seem more audible than taxicabs and traffic, as if people switch frequencies, or begin listening differently as the night approaches. On … Read more
AFRICAN VILLAGE ENLIGHTENMENT By Fred Sievert In 2004, my oldest son Zac graduated from high school, and that summer the two of us took a two-week trip to Botswana, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. Zac had grown up as the son of a successful New York City executive in the very affluent environment of Fairfield County, … Read more
Dear Friends, This is going to be a long mail,be ready! One week has passed since that Friday. It is a strange feeling now to sit in front of my computer after daily electricity-cut and having my warm coffee. Everything seems as it was a week ago. These few days there were time when I … Read more
Review of “Tiger Mother” by Chia-Ti Chiu I remember getting a widely-forwarded email years ago in which the subject line read, “You know you have Asian parents when…” And proceeded to nod my head and roll my eyes at every single bullet point. Did my parents wrap aluminum foil around the stove? Check. Urge me … Read more
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