Okla Begins a New Blog |
So, it's sad, since there are so many cool features to MySpace that Facebook just doesn't have, such as the blog function (as well as the music player and others), but I've noticed my blog hits drop o...
Posted by on Sun, 03 May 2009 21:28:00 GMT |
MAYDAY |
I write to inform thee of the fortuitous birth of Mayday Issue 1. Please go read the issue, and feel free to comment here about anything you find there. We also have a Facebook group, if you're the ...
Posted by on Sat, 02 May 2009 18:55:00 GMT |
Perigee, Mayday, Ohio Wesleyan LitFest |
This past week has been a busy though very exciting one. I organized a literary festival here at Ohio Wesleyan University, where I've been a visiting assnt prof this year. The folks involved were Josh...
Posted by on Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:14:00 GMT |
Explanation/Apologia/Defense of My Regular Critiques of Obama/Biden |
I recently re-friended a person on one of the social networks I waste a lot of time on and am happy to say that said person accepted my request after having deleted me. Now, I had the sneaking suspic...
Posted by on Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:38:00 GMT |
Circumference; End of the Decade of Decadence; UIUC; Montreal |
Well, many things have been afoot since last I blogged here. Most recently, Columbia University's journal of translation (and original English-language work, but mostly translation), Circumference, ha...
Posted by on Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:23:00 GMT |
Noam Chomsky Talks About Obama's Cabinet Members |
Per usual, Chomsky lays down truth like it's his damn job (which, since so few others seem to be doing it, I guess it kinda is). />
Posted by on Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:53:00 GMT |
Tao in the Yankee Stadium Bleachers by John Updike |
Here is a poem by Updike that I admire quite a bit. Updike is rarely talked of as a poet, but he was an excellent one. Thanks to Duff Brenna's kind request that I write a piece to commemorate Mr Upd...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:54:00 GMT |
Updike |
So many in my generation no longer like Updike. The Oedipal father-killing necessity has caused so many to ignore the work of one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. What's odd is that, to ...
Posted by on Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:00:00 GMT |
How Corporate Media Fixes the Fight |
Okay, so, everyone heard how much of a "fringe candidate" or "unlikely winner" or "spoiler" or whatever Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich and Ralph Nader were in the recent election. This all before peo...
Posted by on Sat, 17 Jan 2009 23:43:00 GMT |
Writing Poems, Making MySpace Playlists, and 2666 |
I've been back in the US for a little of 24 hours, and I have to say I am not entirely happy about it. Ohio is colder than an ex-girlfriend in Antarctica, I have to work on stupid things like sylla...
Posted by on Sat, 10 Jan 2009 23:56:00 GMT |
