Each day when he wakes up he wants to fill the bedroom with a tone
Each day when he wakes up he wants to fill the bedroom with a tone Each day when he wakes up he wants to fill the bedroom with a tone. He imagines the tone before he gets out of bed. A tone that feels full. That resonates his small body. That seems to gain intensity […]
The Ghost of Things
René Girard called it the triangulation of desire; we fantasize about other people, based on images. Fragments, glimpses from constructions. In short, we want what others want. Paige knew as well as anyone that when Maeve posts a picture of herself wearing a tight dress and making her sex face to the camera—it is not […]
Three Poems
Five Poems (From “The Bacchae”)
Clark Coolidge Our hymns scared your kid, but did You ever wonder why? I want to say It’s flowing, as I take it in, the Delicious blood of Jesus. But we’re Not sure—do you sit on that doily, or pray by it? Passion? It’s more like the batshit of the Christ. I interviewed a group […]
Two Poems (from “Rainy Days on the Farm”)
Another Another The goodness has collapsed and gone. It’s the same “now” for everyone. We are at onceness at oneness. We are a long march of people and resources, waves and sheep, a march of demonstratives. We eat candy and irony. Deerhunters roam the woods and bad people are in power. Good people are digging […]
Jennifer Croft in conversation with Nataliya Deleva
Jennifer Croft’s Homesick (Unnamed Press) is a coming-of-age story of a girl named Amy (based closely on Croft) growing up in Oklahoma, homeschooled, and whose childhood is branded by her sister’s diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus. Combining text and photographs, the book might also be described as a sort of photo album tracing the sisters’ […]
Conversation between Lesle Lewis & Emily Pettit
EP: You mentioned to me recently that you were thinking about circles and squares. I’m also thinking about circles. And I think I’d like to think about squares. Can you talk to me a little about what you’ve been thinking about circles and squares? LL: When I wrote to you about my thinking about […]
EXCERPT: BLACKFISHING THE IUD
This week SeaWorld announced that it will phase out the orca shows at its San Diego theme park within two years and attempt to rebrand as an animal conservation rather than an entertainment company. It’s a move that comes in response to mounting protests against the holding of orca, and to efforts by California lawmakers […]
Literature, Capital, Catapult, and the Kochs: A Dialogue
HP: The independent literary press Catapult publishes books and an online magazine, offers creative writing workshops, and hosts an online community forum. It was founded in 2015, and in 2016 it merged with Counterpoint Press, including the Soft Skull imprint, which “effectively brought Counterpoint and Soft Skull under… [its] auspices,” as Publishers Weekly put it. Catapult was funded and […]
What the Butler Saw
John Lahr’s Prick Up Your Ears is a biography of the Northern English playwright Joe Orton that has been sitting at my bedside for years. As one of the most dramatic biographies I’ve ever read, it’s a pleasure to read. As a re-telling of one of the most horrifying true crime stories I’ve ever heard, […]
