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“Aunt Jemima 44 Ways” [by Raymond DeJesus]
Aunt Jemima in a swivel chair Aunt Jemima doing the chévere Aunt Jemima in an argyle v-neck Aunt Jemima in an oval portrait Aunt Jemima in a poodle skirt Aunt Jemima clapping along to…
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dreampost
Write a dream, lose a reader, so they say. I have a dream to report and it contains a lot of nudity. Would you keep reading for the promise of nudity? But without photos,…
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Happy Birthday?
Ed. note: Watching Rob Shore's And Many More earlier this week reminded me of my all-time favorite literary passage about a birthday party, from E. L. Doctorow's World's Fair (Random House, 1985): At that…
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Revisiting Charles Willeford
Orange Noir You can read The Burnt Orange Heresy as either a murder mystery or a parable about the hoax element in modern art. Charles Willeford’s 1971 novel (which Carroll & Graf reissued…
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“Poetry is easy; it’s the parent-teacher conferences that are hard.”
Alicia Florrick, Season Finale, The Good Wife, May 25, 2010 Read Ken Tucker's take here.
