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Overheard at Kitchenette Lunch Counter, 12:45 PM March 2, 2009
Man on cell phone: Hi, yeah. I'm at the gym so, yeah, well, I just started, or, well, I'm about to start so, like, when I'm done I have to go back to…
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Paul Harvey… good day! And good night…
Paul Harvey died on Saturday at age 90. He was a remarkably original radio personality. My parents used to listen to his mixture of news and anecdote every day, and, as a child, I…
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The Legacy of Muriel Rukeyser: On Not Keeping Silent [by Nicole Cooley]
A week after 9/11, my husband and I took our baby daughter to Union Square in New York City, where round the clock vigils and protests were being conducted. As I circled the park,…
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Monday @ KGB: Jason Schneiderman & Elaine Equi
KGB Monday Night Poetry Reading Series Hosted by Laura Cronk, Megin Jimenez & Michael Quattrone Monday, March 2 @ 7:30 PM: Jason Schneiderman is the author of Sublimation Point, a Stahlecker Selection from Four…
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Nicole Cooley, Guest Blogger March 1-7, and other news . . .
This week we welcome Nicole Cooley as our guest blogger. Nicole grew up in New Orleans. Her third book of poems, Breach, about Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath will be published by LSU Press…
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Freud Quiz # 17
Freud Quiz # 17The most significant event to take place during Freud's lifetime was (a) e=mc squared(b) the Russian Revolution(c) the rise of the Nazi party in Germany(d) the first talking picture(e) Cubism(f) the…