Maggie Smith
Mix Tape: Live Forever
Remembering Ray Bradbury, who died this week at age 91: “I went back and saw [Mr. Electrico] that night. He sat in the chair with his sword, they pulled the switch, and his hair stood up. He reached out with…
Mix Tape: On the Move
Poets Traci Brimhall, Amy Gerstler, Andrew Hudgins, and Timothy Liu discuss where their first drafts come from and how they evolve. A free writing workshop held on a No. 7 train on a round trip to Flushing, Queens? A seventeen-year-old student…
Mix Tape: Message in a Bottle
Here it is, the commencement address everyone’s talking about: Neil Gaiman at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. “A freelance life, a life in the arts, is sometimes like putting messages in bottles, on a desert island, and hoping…
Mix Tape: Reinvention
Is the “well-crafted” poem of today formulaic? According to Marjorie Perloff, yes. “The poems you will read in American Poetry Review or similar publications will, with rare exceptions, exhibit the following characteristics….” Check out this Boston Review article to see…
Mix Tape: Thematically Speaking, Death’s Still in the Lead
Check out this infographic of the 2011 Booker Longlist novels broken down by theme. Death is still your best bet by an overwhelming margin, but maybe Nanny Trust Issues, Homicidal Cowboy Brothers, and An Escaped Tiger will gain some ground…
