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Charles Bukowski: Woodcut by Loren Kantor
Charles Bukowski (c) Loren Kantor "Woodcuts are by their very nature brusque, harsh & bold," writes woodcut artist Loren Kantor. "What makes a woodcut portrait come to life are age lines, wrinkles and weathered…
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Julie Sheehan, Constituent Bartender: You Get What You Order
Bars are not democracies, but in both cases, you get what you order with regularity. Voters pick the guy who’s going to deregulate, reform education and cut taxes, and lo! that’s what he does.…
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“Famous Blue Raincoat” (by Lawrence J. Epstein)
Were the haunting, breathtaking, painful lyrics of “Famous Blue Raincoat” written by almost any other songwriter besides Leonard Cohen, there would be no question about the song’s meaning. It appears to a straightforward confessional…
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Other ‘Others’ on Otherness – Andre Yang [Asian Pacific American Heritage Month]
* Previous posts in this series: Kenji C. Liu - Craig Santos Perez - Ching-In Chen - Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha A funny thing happened to me today. I walked into a nearly empty café and stood in line behind a…
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Some of Us Did Not Die: Sri Lankan Poetic Trauma Stewardship – Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha [Asian Pacific American Heritage Month]
* Previous posts in this series: Kenji C. Liu - Craig Santos Perez – Ching-In Chen Friday, May 18 marked three years since the official end of Sri Lanka's civil war. I didn't realize this til today–I…
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Milwaukee’s Pacific Heritage – Ching-In Chen [Asian Pacific American Heritage Month]
* Previous posts in this series: Kenji C. Liu - Craig Santos Perez I write to you from Milwaukee, Midwest city, most segregated city in the United States. What it means to write and be in…
