October 2022
Meret Oppenheim
My Exhibition at New York's Museum of Modern Art —Known/Unknown.
Renate Stendhal
Chicago Theatre Enjoys Renaissance
In a delightfully visible cultural renaissance Chicago's theatres are everywhere.
Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold
The Spotswood Pumping Station Melbourne Australia
The pumping station is a bit of a pop culture icon, having made appearances in the movies Mad Max, Spotswood and more recently, Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries.
The Photography of Jon Rendell
The Greatest Job in the World Roadrunner
Morgan Neville's engrossing documentary on HBO Max, doesn't and couldn't explain why Bourdain, a man who apparently had so much to live for, chose to live no longer.
Miles David Moore
Commentary
Snake Hill, Memory and Memorials The whole story is a maddening one of neglect and abuse, but perhaps it just bears no relevance to our struggles today. Michael Bettencourt Never Again Is ForeverThere is a new and growing, self-identifying privilege, seeking to be added to the American Bill of Rights: victimhood. Arthur Danin Adler HopeWe just survived this horrendous heat wave and I suppose I was more than ready for a little jaunt. This is old news but I am still wrestling with what it means to accept things. Claudine Jones Walmart On A Wednesday Morning I stopped in for some decadent oatmeal snacks They used to be 99¢, now they're $1.47 That's the price you pay for inflation, Jack. Les Marcott Not From NothingSara Burnett's magnificent collection Seed Celestial waves poems about motherhood, daughterhood, art, immigrant forbearers into a complex and beautiful tapestry. Gregory Luce A Venn Diagram for the Ages It's an indulgent habit, but I love my re-reads. And among the books to which I continually return is Good-bye to All That, Robert Graves' account of his experiences in World War I. Patrick Walsh
ModPo 2022 marks eleven years since University of Pennsylvania professor Al Filreis launched the online poetry course Modern & Contemporary American Poetry. Karren Alenier
Visual Poems
READING FRENZY Want to live forever? Read day and night— Read novel, essay, mystery, romance, sonnet; In the den; in the shower; even in failing light. Read as if your life depended on it! David Alpaugh
Daen Waramit แดน วรามิตร Use lines to create relationships in shapes to tell stories about feelings through lines and shapesJanine Yasovant
A New Clock for the Antediluvian DepotGiorgio de Chirico is speaking Brian George
The Bauhaus as Inspiration for Chinese Innovation: Report from HangzhouKiril Bolotnikov Edited by Lissa Tyler Renaud
Chaos in PoetryIf there is fertility in chaos, there is also chaos in fertility. The best poetry makes use of bothDavid Wiley
images
Philip Guston in Boston The Art of Philip Gerstein
The Art of SS. Burrus A Retrospective
When the Earth is ravaged and the animals are dying, a new tribe of people will appear on the Earth
Patrick Nagel It's in the Eyes
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writings
Ma Che Quest, Fellini? Altenir Silva FLASH FICTION: Don Vittorio Gemma is an Italian American mobster who loves cinema. When he saw Fellini's movie, "E la nave va (The Ship Sails On)". He was disturbed.
media
Audio
Theatre ThoughtsAn entertaining array of audio essays on an array of theatre topics by an astute and entertaining essayist
You Don't Say! Occasional Musings by an occasionally amused writer
Video
Undress Me In a bar, Laura turns to Stefan and asks him to undress her by word of mouth, in his best mother tongue
Light Fantastic Weighty matters of brain neurons and addiction, two kisses, single-malt scotch, and the green dance of blue and yellow lasers
Ear Buds What happens when we love our devices — and they love us back
The Greed Gene A young couple is told by their genetic counselor that their child has the greed gene, there is nothing they can do
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