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“Next Line, Please”: Five Glorious Years [by David Lehman]
In September 2019, my tenure as editor and quizmaster of “Next Line, Please,” the weekly challenges that The American Scholar introduced on its website in May 2014, came to an end. Two…
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Letters from Russell Edson [by Nin Andrews]
Last week, I interviewed Peter Johnson about his new anthology of prose poetry, A Cast-Iron Aeroplane That Can Really Fly, the title of which comes from Edson’s explanation of a prose poem: “A prose that…
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Cry Hard, Cry Fast: Ken Tucker Takes on John D. Macdonald
Continuing my fitful John D. MacDonald reading, I just finished ‘Cry Hard, Cry Fast’ (1955). It’s about a highway auto accident. In each of the first five chapters, we’re introduced to people in cars…
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Squibs 373-380 [by Alan Ziegler]
373: Would you prefer to: a) be a mule b) be a pig c) be a fish d) swing on a star and be better off than you are e) none of the above…
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“A Matter of Pride”: on Gentleman’s Agreement [by David Lehman]
<<<<It’s funny to think of a movie that won an Oscar for Best Picture as underrated, but highbrow (and even middlebrow) critics have long looked down on Elia Kazan’s 1947 film Gentleman’s Agreement, which screenwriter…
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Taming “digital art”: Gaïté Lyrique chooses cultural context
Where, when, who for?: Adrien M. & Claire B., “Faire Corps” © Romain Etienne Until the other day I associated with the Gaïté Lyrique with music & sophisticated light and sound shows; last year,…
