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“Big Tool” [by Allison Contey]
Big Tool Oh the frustration of the big tool.To have, or to have not a big tool,to be equipped to deal with the bigtool, to become a big tool when dealingwith it in a…
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Thinking of Taking Fido to the Fireworks? (by Tess Callahan)
Because life is not hectic enough with two kids, three birds, four fish tanks, a teaching job and writing deadlines, I cajoled my poor husband one year ago into adopting a second dog. It…
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The Creative Process: Painting, Writing, and the Case for Ruthlessness (by Tess Callahan)
Even before I began writing, I loved to draw and paint. Although I enjoyed it, I never considered it as a profession. Maybe I was afraid of the impracticality, or like my character, Oliver,…
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“25 Painters Under 35,” with an Intro by John Yau (by David Yezzi)
It's been a while since I've been on the BAP blog. (BAP!: it's like one of those legends that fills the screen when Batman kicks someone in the kisser.) To be honest, Craig Arnold…
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RIP Karl Malden (at 97!)
There were many great priests in Hollywood films (Bing Crosby, Spencer Tracy) but none, to my mind, as affecting as Karl Malden in On the Waterfront. He had the ferocious zeal of true faith…
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Greg Santos presents a Poem by Jason Camlot
Born and raised in the town of Mont Royal, a suburb just north of Montreal, Jason Camlot grew up in the Montreal Anglo-Jewish community, where his father was a furrier manufacturer. Jason started playing…
