the autobiography of flapjack sally

nylon + insulation + zippers = heart osarinainkorea: solo...

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:55:10 -0500

nylon + insulation + zippers = heart

osarinainkorea:

solo exhibition by oh hye-seon. hearts made from nylon stockings, insulation and massive amounts of zippers.

Behind the scenes: the making of the breakfast blog!

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:59:00 -0500

Behind the scenes: the making of the breakfast blog!

"university creative-writing courses situate writers in the world that most of their readers..."

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:47:01 -0500

“university creative-writing courses situate writers in the world that most of their readers inhabit—the world of mass higher education and the white-collar workplace. Sticking writers in a garret would isolate them. Putting them in the ivory tower puts them in touch with real life.”

- the curious conclusion of a new yorker article eli recommended to me…

writing exercise

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:56:00 -0400

* Get someone to write for you, pretending they are you.

(courtesy of Bernadette Mayer)

"Our task is not to find the maximum amount of content in a work of art, much less to squeeze more..."

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:48:45 -0400

“Our task is not to find the maximum amount of content in a work of art, much less to squeeze more content out of the work than is already there. Our task is to cut back content so that we can see the thing at all.”

- Susan Sontag, Against Interpretation

"There is a world which poets cannot seem to enter. It is the world everybody else lives in. And the..."

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:00:00 -0400

“There is a world which poets cannot seem to enter. It is the world everybody else lives in. And the only thing poets seem to have in common is their yearning to enter this world.”

- “I am exaggerating of course. Like a book.” -M.R.

Yes poetry still makes me feel shattered.

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:45:54 -0400

Yes poetry still makes me feel shattered.

"Connoisseurs of reading are very silly people. But as Thomas Merton said, one day you wake up and..."

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:00:00 -0400

“Connoisseurs of reading are very silly people. But as Thomas Merton said, one day you wake up and realize religion is ridiculous and that you will stick with it anyway. What love is ever any different?”

- Mary Ruefle, again

Oh Mary Ruefle you slay me. (Thanks, Sarah, for brightening my...

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:00:00 -0400

Oh Mary Ruefle you slay me.

(Thanks, Sarah, for brightening my subway ride with A Little White Shadow)

This is what workshop comments from Sharon Olds look like. Could...

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:22:05 -0400

This is what workshop comments from Sharon Olds look like. Could I be more charmed? (No.)

…and your daily dose of nonsense. (We finally made it to...

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:22:23 -0400

…and your daily dose of nonsense. (We finally made it to YouTube!)

How Nonsense Sharpens the Intellect

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:38:05 -0400

How Nonsense Sharpens the Intellect:

what a scoop!

my opinion about temp jobs hasn't changed since 2004

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:32:00 -0400

an email recently unarchived by Emily:

—————————————— Original Message ——————————————
Subject: temp jobs
From: ”elsbeth pancrazi” <elpancrazi@vassar.edu>
Date: Sun, May 9, 2004 2:12 pm
To: emscarr@vassar.edu
—————————————————————————————————————

temp jobs!
emily, i want to marry a ranger and go live in the wilderness of a
foreign land like henry david thourough [sic] but not a philosopher and grow
tamales and tomatillos and hot peppers and never be a temp.

"Professors, [King Louis XI] reasoned, should be as intelligent as possible, since they represented..."

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:37:54 -0400

“Professors, [King Louis XI] reasoned, should be as intelligent as possible, since they represented him, “le roi terrible,” and therefore he saw that they did not disappoint him. Once a year, willy-nilly, they were served a dinner at the king’s orders, and at that dinner they were bound to eat, and eat prodigiously, of oysters. It was to make them bright, and once accomplished, keep them so!”

- MFK Fischer on the many potent qualities of oysters.

"… you don’t have to worry about not being in the avante-garde camp."

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:27:30 -0400

“… you don’t have to worry about not being in the avante-garde camp.”

- A fellow student in my poetry workshop, commenting on my poem.

"Let’s do like that crazy mathematician who employed a new principle of measurement for each..."

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:00:00 -0400

“Let’s do like that crazy mathematician who employed a new principle of measurement for each step of his calculations….”

- Beckett to Axel Kaun, again

"It is becoming more difficult even senseless, for me to write a standard English. More and more my..."

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:15:00 -0400

“It is becoming more difficult even senseless, for me to write a standard English. More and more my own language appears to me as a veil, to be torn apart to approach the things (or the nothings) behind it. Grammar and style! They seem to me as superannuated as a Victorian bathing suit or the dignity of a gentleman. A mask. A time, let’s hope, is coming when language will be best used when best abused. Since we can’t eliminate it all at once, let’s not neglect anything that might contribute to its corruption. To bore hole after hole in it, until what cowers behind it begins to seep through - I can imagine no higher goal for a contemporary writer.”

- Samuel Beckett in a letter [in German] to Axel Kaun via Anne Carson

Disclaimer

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:35:11 -0400

If you are hoping I’ll record some quotes from Anne Carson this semester, I’m sorry to say it’s impossible. She’s just way to ephemeral for that. The best I can do is pass on Monica’s observation… “She seems more beautiful every time we see her.”

"…and what makes “I’m not here to make friends” quintessential reality tv is..."

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:00:48 -0400

“…and what makes “I’m not here to make friends” quintessential reality tv is that it’s impossible to imagine saying it in real life!”

- This American Life

Sita Sings The Blues, an amazing animated movie my mom...

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:56:17 -0400

Sita Sings The Blues, an amazing animated movie my mom introduced me to, also has the coolest free-distribution model! Follow the link and you can download it, stream it, screen it… even remix it if you wanted to. Lewis Hydes’ gift culture in action. And you will love the film!