Top Five Biopics that Depict Wrenching Struggles of Women Artists
by Ernie on 01/09/10 at 9:04 am
Ever heard you have to suffer for your art? Well, Deborah gives us some women artists who suffered more than their share.
Full Story“The types and symbols of Eternity, / Of first and last, and midst, and without end,” or, Rocky Mountain High
ShareIn addition to giving a reading and delivering a critical paper out in Colorado, I found time to get out into some back country (though it would be more honest to say I was gently hauled out into it). The first day I climbed with poets Charles Doersch and David Yezzi up to the Arapaho [...]
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“Well Known Antiquarian?”: Hilbert Name-Dropped in Forbes Article about Chelsea Clinton’s Pre-Wedding Shopping
ShareI just returned from many mountains and martinis in Colorado to find I’ve been cited as a “well known antiquarian” by Forbes. I’ve rarely encountered anyone described as an “antiquarian” outside of an H.P. Lovecraft story. Strange. I hear my colleagues had a good laugh about that over cocktails on the terrace last week. Have [...]
Full StoryTop Five Sets of People who Died on the Same Day
We did people born on the same day, same year. Now it’s time for people who died on the same day, same year.
Full StoryBethany’s Top Five Flat-chested TV Actresses Who Would Never Make it Today
In these days of routine breast implants it’s pretty standard to see quite large breasted women, and getting increasingly rare to see women with smaller cup sizes on TV and in movies. I was recently watching some old TV and shocked at the differences: you just so seldom see such flat chested women on TV today (with the exception of Debra Messing).
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Bethany Gives us Top Five Strange (Yes, Strange!) Sexual Fetishes I Have Heard About
Doubtless there are many I haven’t heard about, but here are the five strangest.
Full Story“Do you think anybody really believes this s*&t?”: Enter Angry Winnebago Man (Warning, Adult Language!)
ShareThanks to E-Verser Patrick for sending in footage of this guy. Enjoy!
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Pimp My Axe!: Sixty Sonnets Guitar
An E-Verser sends in a picture of a Sixty Sonnets sticker that made it onto a guitar. Rock on!
Full Story“Sea Poppies” by H.D.
Hilda Doolittle was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, on September 10, 1886. She attended Bryn Mawr, as a classmate of Marianne Moore, and later the University of Pennsylvania where she befriended Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams.
Full StoryTop Five Recent Examples of “Gingerism,” that is, Prejudice Against Redheads
Share5. Musical artist M.I.A. just made this video dramatizing racism by featuring violence against redheads. 4. Kick a Ginger Day: Inspired by a South Park episode centered around promoting prejudice against those with red hair, some kids started a Facebook group called “Kick a Ginger Day.” Then, inspired by this, a bunch of kids beat [...]
Full StoryOff to the Rockies!
ShareBy the time this post goes live I will have finished a late-night “beer” reading at Earth and managed to get up at 5AM to fly out for Denver. I may be yonder over your head at this very moment. From Denver I’ll be driven by a genuine madman five hours up to Crested Butte/Gunnison, [...]
Full Story“Variations Of An Air” by G. K. Chesterton
ShareA wonderful series of parodies by Mr. Chesterton, on “Old King Cole.” Old King Cole Was a merry old soul And a merry old soul was he He called for his pipe and he called for his bowl and he called for his fiddlers three after Lord Tennyson Cole, that unwearied prince of Colchester, Growing [...]
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Top Five Famous Couples with Similar Names
At least they don’t look alike, most of the time . . .
Full StoryThe ode must traverse the problem of solipsism before it can approach participating in the unity which is no longer accessible. Wait, what?
Helena Echlin on academic literary criticism as nonsense.
Full Story“Written art meets liquid art” at Earth, Bread, and Brewery: Ernest Hilbert with Teresa Leo and Christine Klocek-Lim
ShareEarth Bread & Brewery: Where written art meets liquid art 7136 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia (Mt. Airy) Wednesday, July 28th 2010 Time: 9-11pm HOSTED BY THINK JOURNAL EDITOR CHRISTINE YURICK Time: 9-11pm Featuring Philadelphia poets: Ernest Hilbert, Teresa Leo, and Christine Klocek-Lim, with an open mic session starting at 10pm. Ernest Hilbert’s debut collection Sixty Sonnets [...]
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“Paper Toys of the World” by Matthew Zapruder
Matthew Zapruder (born 1967 in Washington, D.C.) is an American poet, editor, translator, and professor. His second poetry collection, The Pajamaist (Copper Canyon Press, 2006), won the 2007 William Carlos Williams Award from the Poetry Society of America, and was chosen by Library Journal as one of the top ten poetry volumes of 2006. His first book, American Linden (Tupelo Press, 2002) won the Tupelo Press Editors’ Prize.
Full StoryTop Five Types of Female Leads in Romantic Comedies
We did the male leads last week. Now let’s have a look at their female counterparts.
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“Such Great Heights” Performed by Indie Supergroup Postal Service (and, of course, Iron and Wine, and Ben Folds)
ShareIron and Wine saved the movie Garden State with this breathy, sad song (later abused on an M&M’s commercial). Here are a few other versions as well. Since I’m up drinking some PBR’s I thought I’d post these. Enjoy!
Full StoryClassic Car Paintings
ShareMy stepdad Mike is a renaissance man if ever there were one. The man can restore a classic car and render a high quality pastel of it in a single afternoon. Some of his superb car paintings are featured on page 14 of the September issue of Hemmings Classic Car. Have a look. Congratulations, Mike!
Full Story“The Great Poetry Purge of 2010″: Daniel Nester Investigates the Poetry Scandal at the Paris Review
ShareDaniel Nester rakes some muck over at We Who Are About to Die: Picture this: you have your poems accepted by The Paris Review. Such an acceptance can mark the start of a great career, lead to a book deal or to be anthologized, or perhaps solidify a reputation in the small world this correspondent [...]
Full Story“Thrash” by Daisy Fried
Daisy Fried is the author of two books of poetry, My Brother Is Getting Arrested Again (University of Pittsburgh Press in 2006) and She Didn’t Mean to Do It (Pittsburgh, 2000), which won the Agnes Lynch Starrett Prize.
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