there are three new coffeehouse junkie podcasts (link) available this month. the recent episode features an essay i wrote — for a poetry writing workshop I’m teaching at the flood fine arts center — titled ‘the echo.’ also included are two poems that were discused in the second session of the poetry writing workshop: ‘i saw her through the mist’ by roger aplon and ‘the old man goes home’ by kell robertson.
malty: My post-it note confession
quality paper action book (via)
i wasn’t kidding when i said i have a 1000-page manuscript. here’s a photo of it on my drawing table. now if i can only find where i put my lighter…
speaking of ‘inadvertently burnt’ manuscripts… i came across this interesting piece about about William Carlos Williams’ first volume of poetry…
Of William Carlos Williams’ debut slim volume, Poems, which the young and popular physician of Paterson, NJ published privately in 1909 only two copies are known to exist. Of the second state, which differs from the first in only a few respects, a hundred copies were published in 1910 by a local printer Howell at 25 cents a copy. Dr Williams took a dozen of these to the local stationery store and after a month four had been sold, so he brought home the remainder and after distributing a few copies to members of his family, returned the rest of the edition to his printer. At some point Howell, as Williams recalled in his Autobiography, then wrapped them in a neat bundle and put them away for ‘safe keeping’. After they had ‘ reposed ten years or more on a rafter under the eaves of his old chicken coop ‘ they were ‘, Williams recorded ruefully, ‘inadvertently burnt’. (via bookride)
what i learned on npr.org this morning…
want to write my next book this antique…speaking of… it’s national novel writing month… i didn’t participate this year, but i do have a 1000-page manuscript on my desk & i need either an editor or a lighter… i think a lighter is cheaper…
(via affair)
some days i dream of steamer trunks & where they might take me… (via creativeinspiration)
(via sophiniesom)
today the hill won…
maybe it was the temperature: 38°… or maybe it was the 5% grade… or the 170-foot ascent… or maybe it was the cookies & milk before i went to bed after the concert…
whatever it was… it took me 33.10 to finish 5k…
liz: sujay: “The Designer You Treat Like Shit Has Quit Unexpectedly” (via dan)
yeah, that’s about right… either i need a new job or i need to start my own design studio…
malty: My post-it note confession
beattitude: apsies: Generosity Appearing at a San Francisco soup kitchen, the Dalai Lama spoke of his position as Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, saying “Me too, homeless person.”
Model for a 21st Century Newsroom. Text and pics via Online Journalism
The model in action:
- Alert: ‘Lord Smith: “stop ‘Mickey Mouse’ degrees”‘ – link to…
- Draft: gives more detail, and is open to comments and discussion, linking to other blogs. One commenter points out that Lord Smith studied English Literature. Journalist seeks ‘official’ comment to put in the…
- Article: two blog post comments incorporated into a version that goes in the printed newspaper.
- Context: best links taken from blog post comments, as well as full transcript of speech, audio and some mobile phone video taken by one attendee. Tags (’LordSmith’) used to link to ongoing coverage and provide an instant ‘portal’.
- Analysis: one particularly well informed blogger who linked to the Draft post is paid to write a longer piece for the paper. A commenter – an academic – is invited to a podcast discussion with Lord Smith.
- Interactivity: website visitors are invited to ‘attempt an essay question’ from a ‘Mickey Mouse’ degree, giving a real first-hand understanding of what is involved in the subject.
- Customisation: an RSS feed or email alert is available for any stories tagged ‘LordSmith’
whatannaloves: i miss reading.
somewhere recently i read the phrase “politics is the opiate of the people” (i’m not sure if it is related to this article). it got me thinking that a lot of americans don’t or can’t distinguish between words & ideas of politics, government & civic life. years ago i read thomas paine’s common sense. at the risk of a sophist overview, the book’s theme expresses that america is a people with a government (not a government with a people).
[on reviewing what i just wrote, i hope i am not mistaken for matt mittan]
anyway, i voted for the city mayor and three city council members.
the octahedron can be especially useful in book cover designs…
welikesnow: Sacred Geometry 1 (via Michæl.Paukner)
a two-year absence from asheville, THE TRAVELING BONFIRES is back in asheville!
i’ll be reading some poems with other vagrant poets and musicians at firestorm cafe october 31. it’s free. it starts at 8:00 pm.
for last few years i’ve had a yearning to visit norway… now i think i’d like to move there…
plainclothesman: jaredm: Damn! Look at Norway. Talk about the best of both worlds. National wealth and holiday entitlement Are holidays good for the economy? Personally, I’d take 30 days off over a big salary. Quality of life is not proportional to your bank account.
i could really use one of these tonight… or maybe two or three… where do i find simpler times around here?
malty: everydaydude: WORD. Simpler Times is the new Pabst. Drink a couple before the hipster kids claim it. joecarryon: Simpler Times: $3 for a six-pack @ Trader Joe’s. The beer is solid, but the price is unfuckwithable. Testify.
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