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Limbo [by Mitch Sisskind]
Limbo is a place or an idea that crops Up fairly often like if you're in Starbucks Someone will say I'm in limbo about it Or I was in limbo about it…
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“Famous Last Lines” [by David Lehman]
from The American Scholar, today's "Talking Pictures" post features a quiz — with clues and answers — having to do with memorable conclusions of movies. For extra credit, who in the picture on the…
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“Appeal to the Grammarians” [by Paul Violi]
Paul Violi (1944 -2011) would have been 78 today. So let's read one of Paul's poems. Appeal to the Grammarians We, the naturally hopeful,Need a simple signFor the myriad ways we're capsized.We who love…
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Writing Blurbs [by Nin Andrews]
Writing Blurbs 1. My Secret I know I should never tell anyone about this, but sometimes, when I have to write a blurb, I go to Barnes and Noble, and I read the backs…
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From “The Liberation of the Arabs from the Global Left” [by Hussein Aboubakr Mansour]
In Tablet, a fascinating essay on the intellectual merging of religion and politics in the form of Islamism and Marxism: <<< The post-1967 Arab intellectual life was that of “collective neurosis,” in the words…
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Conundrums and sweet embrace: Aurélie Gandit’s “Visite dansée” with La Dame à la licorne [by Tracy Danison]
Aurélie Gandit’s Visite dansée adds movement to a mix of fact and informed commentary, adding spectrum to the understanding of "The Lady with the unicorn". Photo © Michel Petit Life can seem grim lately:…
