War is a racket. … Out of war a few people make huge fortunes. –Major General Smedley Butler, War Is a Racket, 1935 It’s no revelation to say that we’re a culture obsessed with money. That we can’t do anything unless someone makes a profit. Money corrupts everything it shouldn’t: healthcare, politics, adoptions, war… Sometimes …
The forthcoming winter issue will feature an interview with Molly Peacock, and I love one of the things she talks about, which I’ll preview for you here. PEACOCK: The shimmering verge is for me the place between two states of being or two emotional states. I opened my one-woman show by asking people to imagine …
As I was putting my eight hours at the ol’ poetry factory today, updating returned subscriptions and stuffing envelopes (with a papercut on my thumb to prove it), I was listening to Poets Cafe‘s interview with Hilda Weiss, which you can download by clicking here. It occurred to me that Hilda Weiss might be the …
As Compiled by Timothy-Green.org Readers, Slightly Edited By Me; Listed Alphabetically, Linked When Available, Sequences Excerpted; Leave a Comment to Suggest Your Own. “As I Walked Out One Evening†by W.H. Auden “One Art” by Elizabeth Bishop “Ars Poetica” by Jorge Luis Borges “How to Like It” by Stephen Dobyns “A Display of Mackerel†by …
Why is Citizen Kane always listed as the greatest movie of all-time? Is it the most memorable, the most moving? The most adored? Nope — if that were the criteria, Gone with the Wind, The Wizard of Oz, and It’s a Wonderful Life would top it easily, along with at least 100 others. It’s not …