If a memoir is to achieve literature, it has to have an organizing principle, it has to have an idea, it has to have something that will be of value to the disinterested reader
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Two Voices in a Meadow by Richard Wilbur
The New Yorker Poetry Podcast has an amazing episode this week. Gorgeous poem by Richard Wilbur read by Stephen Mitchell. Here's the link. Treat yo self! And the poem... A Milkweed Anonymous as cherubs Over the crib of God, White seeds are floating Out of my burst pod. What power had I Before I learned…Read more Two Voices in a Meadow by Richard Wilbur
On Primo Levi's masterful memoir, "Survival in Auschwitz," Murray Baumgarten gives this piercing quote, which in the context of neo-Nazis, is too relevant. "We participate with the narrator in the process of discovery. That is, we too discover that the holocaust is not simply an episode in past history but an ongoing experience demanding further…Read more
High Fidelity, Tswift & Nick Hornby
Monday Morning Tape
Lykke Li Unchained
Here to liberate us from Katy Perry's terrible predicament is Lykke Li, the Gifted, Rich Kids Blues singer forged in the beautiful coast of Ystad, Sweden.
Game of Thrones at The Met
Anticipating the glory of Game of Thrones premiere this Sunday, I went to a Game of Thrones themed museum tour at The Met yesterday. It's hosted through Museum Hack for the next couple of weeks. You can check out the description of this tour and others (e.g. 'Badass Bitches' and 'Un-Highlights') here. Overall I loved this high-octane 90…Read more Game of Thrones at The Met
The Trouble with Reality by Brooke Gladstone
A couple days after Hurricane Sandy, Halloween hit. I dressed up as a playboy bunny. My roommate was a ninja, and his roommate, Danielle, was herself. With the trains down, we three wandered around Union Hall in Brooklyn. We saw a band of Werewolves performing Hall & Oates covers and played bocce ball. In the…Read more The Trouble with Reality by Brooke Gladstone
