Nature Poem by Tommy Pico @ NYJB
Part backlash, part meditation, “Nature Poem” by Tommy Pico is an urban hipster’s struggle to write on a subject he feels is “stereotypical, reductive, and boring.” Continue reading Nature Poem by Tommy Pico @ NYJB
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Harry Benson: Persons of Interest, by Harry Benson @ NYJB
The photographs are instantly recognizable, the name is not. Continue reading Harry Benson: Persons of Interest, by Harry Benson @ NYJB
Translation Tuesdays: The Absolute Gravedigger, by Vítěslav Nezval @ NYJB
Violent, erotic, dreamlike, and weird Continue reading Translation Tuesdays: The Absolute Gravedigger, by Vítěslav Nezval @ NYJB
Fools, Frauds and Firebrands: Thinkers of the New Left, by Roger Scruton @ NYJB
“Fools, Frauds and Firebrands: Thinkers of the New Left” is a no-holds-barred take-down of the modern Left. Continue reading Fools, Frauds and Firebrands: Thinkers of the New Left, by Roger Scruton @ NYJB
Commonplace Book: Roy Cohn on traitors
Roy Cohn hates traitors. Continue reading Commonplace Book: Roy Cohn on traitors
Jongwoo Park: DMZ, by Jongwoo Park @ NYJB
The DMZ between North and South Korea has never been photographed, either by civilians or the military … until now. Continue reading Jongwoo Park: DMZ, by Jongwoo Park @ NYJB
Paradise Now, by Chris Jennings @ NYJB
“Paradise Now” by Chris Jennings is “a book not only fascinating but necessary for these trying times.” Continue reading Paradise Now, by Chris Jennings @ NYJB
Hitler Saved My Life: WARNING―This Book Makes Jokes About the Third Reich, the Reign of Terror, World War I, Cancer, Millard Fillmore, Chernobyl, and … Nude Photograph of an Unattractive Man. by Jim Riswold @ NYJB
“This isn’t the usual tearjerker cancer story. It is a gleefully offensive cancer story. It is the Blazing Saddles of cancer stories.” Continue reading Hitler Saved My Life: WARNING―This Book Makes Jokes About the Third Reich, the Reign of Terror, World War I, Cancer, Millard Fillmore, Chernobyl, and … Nude Photograph of an Unattractive Man. by Jim Riswold @ NYJB
Translation Tuesdays: For Two Thousand Years @ NYJB
“For Two Thousand Years” by Mihail Sebastian is a hidden gem in European literature, shining a light on what happened in Romania between the wars. Continue reading Translation Tuesdays: For Two Thousand Years @ NYJB
Commonplace Book: Tom Wolfe on Impeachment and Continuity
Tom Wolfe on impeachment and continuity in government. Continue reading Commonplace Book: Tom Wolfe on Impeachment and Continuity
The Driftless Area Review 