Archive for February, 2009
Tuesday, February 10th, 2009
See you in Chicago
Well, I’m off to the AWP tomorrow morning, but today’s going to be too busy for a proper post. I will try to do some live-blogging from the conference, assuming free internet access is easy to find. What does that mean? Cell phone pics of Mark Doty shuffling through throngs of autograph seekers? My cell [...]
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Monday, February 9th, 2009
The Best Kept Secret in the Valley
If you ever get shot or suffer heat stroke in the San Fernando Valley, the Encino Medical Center might be your best bet for a no-fuss trauma unit. We’ve had to go a few times, and it’s always empty — which gives one the comforting impression that if there ever was an actual life-threatening situation, [...]
7 Comments » - Posted in rattle rubbish,sagacious sulking by Tim
Friday, February 6th, 2009
Happy Quinceañera!
Rattle turns 15 this year, and we’re celebrating it with Red Hen Press — who also happens to be turning 15 — at parties in Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles. The first is a week from tonight, off-site at the AWP. If you’re going to be in Chicago, stop by the Red Head Piano [...]
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Thursday, February 5th, 2009
I Like Killing Flies
The way I choose to function is to pick an arbitrary, stupid goal, become totally involved in it, and pursue it with vigor. And what happens to you in that pursuit is your life. –Kenny Shopsin, from the documentary I Like Killing Flies We watched this last week, and it’s one of the best documentaries [...]
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Wednesday, February 4th, 2009
Lost Among the Pillars of Grass: The Three Poetries
Turning yesterday’s post on its head less than 24 hours later, I’ve been reading John Ashbery, The Tennis Court Oath, and am forced to admit, once again, that there isn’t just one poetry. There are whole swaths of people who get things out of poetry that I don’t care all that much about. And that’s [...]
