Monthly Archives: July 2011

SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: SEAN KARNS

Posted on July 30, 2011 by

CUTTING DOWN THE PROPERTY LINE By Sean Karns 1. Tire Swing He hacks at the thicket, grabs hold of the blackberry canes, bloodies his hands; blackens them with juices. He looks at his hands, sees labor: a future in tearing … Continue reading →

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FRIDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: W.I. STONEBERGER

Posted on July 29, 2011 by

DREAM by W.I. STONEBERGER Dogs and horses were roaming free along the perimeters of sleep. Children took the bodies of the babies into their hands – caressing them, calling them their own. The one with the pop eyes of a … Continue reading →

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Writhing in Sleaze

Posted on July 27, 2011 by

Rupert Murdoch’s decision to close the 168 yr old News of the World seemed both shocking and appropriate: the sleaziest newspaper in Britain had finally out-sleazed itself with it’s illegal phone-tapping activities and bowed out of the lucrative Sunday trade … Continue reading →

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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: OKLA ELLIOTT

Posted on July 23, 2011 by

ON PERFECTION By Okla Elliott 1. My arrogance is perfect— I want everything I say taken down in italics. I want footnotes longer than the original text. Every woman and many men will want to look into the green almond … Continue reading →

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Art in the Novel: Thomas Bernhard’s Old Masters through Don Delillo’s Point Omega

Posted on July 18, 2011 by

Art in the Novel: Thomas Bernhard’s Old Masters through Don Delillo’s Point Omega by Jordan A. Rothacker Last year saw the publication of Don Delillo’s fifteenth novel, Point Omega. It is his fourth book since Underworld, all four marking a … Continue reading →

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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: W. TODD KANEKO

Posted on July 16, 2011 by

NORTHWEST POEM by W. Todd Kaneko You will find no herons perched in this poem. No salmonberries or pine cones on sodden paths through cedar. But here is an old woman who slices her calendar into weeks lost and weeks … Continue reading →

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FRIDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: RACHEL ZUCKER

Posted on July 15, 2011 by

LETTER (PERSEPHONE TO DEMETER) by Rachel Zucker At home, the bells were a high light-yellow with no silver or gray just buttercup or sugar-and-lemon. Here bodies are lined in blue against the sea. And where red is red there is … Continue reading →

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Is There a Gene for That?

Posted on July 13, 2011 by

Is There a Gene for That? By John Unger Zussman In the eight years since the human genome was sequenced, the search has been on for genes that underlie various diseases and disorders. We seem to be obsessed with genetic … Continue reading →

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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: CATHERINE PIERCE

Posted on July 9, 2011 by

FIREFLY by Catherine Pierce Its six legs coated with disease, it’s vulgar like the aphid, the earwig. Its eyes are nightmare globes. It does not love you or thank you for the glass jar with air holes. Still, you want … Continue reading →

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To Have Squeezed the Universe Into a Ball

Posted on July 8, 2011 by

To Have Squeezed the Universe Into a Ball: German Expressionism at MoMA by David Gibbs The exhibit, German Expressionism: Works From the Collection, at the Museum of Modern Art takes the viewer through the transition of early twentieth century Europe, … Continue reading →

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