PinnedJosie Reconsidered: Notes on The Outfield’s “Your Love”I’m going to try and write in a serious way about a mindless pop-rock song, about how the dark clouds of good taste sometimes part and let…Oct 20, 2020Oct 20, 2020
The Hard Drive SwapI have this recurring dream about a record store. It is brightly lit, with lots of windows. You can see the counter as you walk in from the…Jul 28, 2023Jul 28, 2023
No Escape From Reality: A Review of ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’“The bad guy in every musician’s biopic is the musician himself.” — Zadie SmithJul 28, 2023Jul 28, 2023
Here Today, Here Tomorrow: On the Lifespan of the Literary MagazineA reprint of a February 2011 article by Daniel Nester and Steve Black, which ran on the now-defunct Bookslut website.Feb 10, 2022Feb 10, 2022
Poetry on Vinyl: An Interview with Jeff Alessandrelli of Fonograf EditionsI suspect I know what you’re thinking, dear readers. “Poetry and vinyl records?” you exclaim. “That’s a recipe for commercial disaster!”Jul 22, 2021Jul 22, 2021
Poetry on Vinyl: Ernest Hilbert’s Elegies and LamentsWhat would it sound like if a book of poetry had its own musical score, like a film, written specifically to match the poems line for line…Jul 21, 2021Jul 21, 2021
Poetry on Vinyl: Some Haystacks Don’t Even Have Any Needle“You know what they say about actors performing poetry?” my old professor, Philip Levine, once asked our class. “They make bad poems sound…Jul 20, 2021Jul 20, 2021
Poetry on Vinyl: Michèlle T. Clinton and Wanda Coleman, Black/AngelesRecord-listening and writing go hand in hand for me. It’s the throughline of my life. Heaven, if it exists, will consist of a room with a…Jul 20, 2021Jul 20, 2021
Why Are the Poetry Format Options on the Web So Sh*tty?Attention must be paid to style and formattingJan 2, 20213Jan 2, 20213
‘The Weakness in Me’: Notes on Joan ArmatradingAn attempt at “converting” you into a devotee of a brilliant singer-songwriterApr 10, 20181Apr 10, 20181