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The News of the Week in Review [by DL]
Once upon a New York Times, there was a Sunday section called "The News of the Week in Review," which was a non-parody version of "That Was the Week That Was" — TW3 for…
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Scent and Memory: how cooking parallels writing (by Leslie McGrath)
The limbic system, one of older parts of our brains (the cerebrum, where conscious thought coalesces, is the newest part) is the seat of emotion and memory formation. It’s also the part of the…
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Succotash, Umami, and Cucumber Sandwiches (by Leslie McGrath)
Last Saturday I had a bucket list experience: I spent two hours with in a high-end kitchen supply outlet store with my daughter, who works there, and her employee discount. I realized that I…
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Monday Cartoons by Nin Andrews
For more of Nin Andrews' cartoons and commentary, visit her blogs: Nin Andrews, Fracking Comics, and Physics Comics.
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Tanya Larkin on The Talking Heads, Her Roommate’s Notebook from Ninth Grade and Love Letters from Boys
I was writing this really serious comparison/contrast between Rilke’s Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge and Leaving the Atocha Station by Ben Lerner, which is a very good book, especially the first fourth or so…
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All the Universe in Food: why food is so important in art (by Leslie McGrath)
Szymborska wrote in a poem that her soul was “as plain as the pit of a plum.” Such an apt self-description for a poet whose work, like stone fruit, is sweet flesh grown around…
