Today is the long-awaited day of the release by Lit Pot Press of Terri Brown-Davidson’s debut novel, Marie, Marie, Hold On Tight. Order your copy here. I have read this book and can tell you that if you like powerful prose, you will not be disappointed. To get a sense of Dr. Brown-Davidson’s artistic process, read Elizabeth Glixman‘s interview with her in Eclectica.
Cool new flash by Katrina Denza: Wrong Size.
Edwards vs. Cheney–oh is this going to be interesting! I really can’t wait. You want reality tv? These debates are reality tv. They are showing us what we’re going to live with for the next four years. This one or that one. Someone who speaks for your ideals or someone who is the antithesis of them. Watching Kerry in the debate last week gave … Read More Debate tonight–don’t you dare forget to watch it!
In Blackwater Woods by Mary Oliver And because it’s impossible (at least for me) to read just one Mary Oliver poem and walk away, here’s another… Lingering in Happiness by Mary Oliver
The 215 Festival is happening this week in Philidelphia. Wish I lived just a bit closer because there are going to be a ton of exciting readings and performances.
This story is so fucked up. A reporter at Fox News apparently posted a fake news item on the netowrk web site and he’s been “reprimanded” and Fox has apologized: Officials for Fox, which has been criticized for being biased towards Bush’s Republican party, decline to explain how the spoof article ended up on the network’s website. Naturally, Kerry and his campaign are taking … Read More File this under: WTF?
For my money, Peter Beinart spells it out clearly in his recent editorial, “Speech Impediment”: By suggesting that Kerry – in the course of a presidential campaign – should view Bush primarily as our commander-in-chief rather than as an opposing candidate, and that he should not seek to bring him down, Miller is implying that there is something disloyal about an aggressive effort to … Read More TNR’s Peter Beinart gets to the heart of the matter
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