Mapping the Terrain of the Written Word

by | Oct 20, 2008 | The Public Humanist

A couple of months back, I was asked to participate in a panel discussion about Literary Landmarks* that comprised the better part of a weekly radio show, Radio Boston, which airs on Fridays on WBUR-Boston (90.9 FM). I was pleased to accept the invitation because I...

With all-new Grimace Action (TM)!

by | Oct 20, 2008 | Ten Gallon Liberal

I want a McCain action figure that does this: 10/16/08 The Penguin=John McCain? (with massive hat-tip to Ezra Klein)10/15/08Back to 2000! Deep thought: Are you an Arab or a family man? Deeper thought: Why does Sarah Palin hate America? (and yes, wingnuts, that’s...

Ew, Belgium

by | Oct 20, 2008 | Cherchez La Femme

Et Septembre, là-haut, Avec son ciel de nacre et d.or voyage, Et suspend sur les prés, les champs et les hameaux Les blocs étincelants de ses plus beaux nuages. -Emile Verhaeren This is an ad for Ché magazine, Belgium's equivalent to...
“A Miracle for Breakfast”

“A Miracle for Breakfast”

by | Oct 20, 2008 | Wellness

Elizabeth Bishop, that precise, austere poetess, penned so many odes to prosaic, un-picturesque subject matter (filling stations, bus rides) that one critic described her best work as a “magical illumination of the ordinary.”  An early piece, penned...