Monthly Archives: September 2009
A mini-commonplace II.
I don’t understand this talk of Coltrane being difficult to understand. What he does, for example, it to play five notes of a chord and then keep changing it around, trying to see how many different ways it can sound. … Continue reading
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Links and reactions to "Goodbye to All Them."
Lots of love on the Facebook, and some lovely letters from friends old and new. I am glad people are reading this–I worked really hard on it. I cut out about half of the writing of this essay, which seemed … Continue reading
Filed under Goodbye to All Them, How to Be Inappropriate
Just up on The Morning News: Goodbye to All Them.
“Goodbye to All Them,” a piece/essay/memoir about leaving New York, losing New York poet friends, and leaving poetry largely because of that, is just up on The Morning News. Here is the direct link. This appears in slightly different form … Continue reading
Paragraph from Nicholas Mirzoeff’s "What is Visual Culture"?
(Not my underlining, by the way.) More on Nicholas Mirzoeff here. From DanielNester.com
Filed under Teaching
The How to Be Inappropriate Mooning sticker.
You know how I have been saying I will send you some other goodies if you buy my book and send it to me? How I will send you a How to Be Inappropriate whoopee cushion? Well, if you buy … Continue reading
