Staff Picks: ‘Bunting’s Persia,’ Dickinson’s Manuscripts
In you’re in the New York area, tomorrow is the last day to see the unmissable exhibition of rare Emily Dickinson manuscripts and letters at Poets House. This is the first time much of this material...
View ArticlePeriod Piece: Rammellzee and the End
Gash-o-lear, 1989–98, mixed-media sculpture with wireless sound system, keyboard gun, pyrotechnic jawbreaker, and missile launcher, approx. 7'. Courtesy The Suzanne Geiss Company, New York In January...
View ArticleThursday: Me
Witold and Rita Gombrowicz with their dog Psina in Vence, France, 1967. Should I tell or not? A year ago, more or less, the following happened to me. I stopped in a café on Callao Street to use the...
View ArticleStaff Picks: Pop, Rock, and Bear Hock
From Barry Guy’s Witch Gong Game ll/l0 (1993). John Swartzwelder has written more Simpsons episodes than any other writer (fifty-nine in total). He’s also one of the most eccentric writers in the...
View ArticleKilroy Is Still Here
In wartime, the walls of the latrine provide a rare opportunity for self-expression. Photo: Lee Cannon “It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech,” as a patriotic poem by...
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