I checked back earlier than usual today. I was wondering if I pissed off any reader with my thoughts on Memorial Day. yesterday
I have been skipping putting up links, so today the rest of the post is made up of links.
Keetje Kuipers, Arrival | Fogged Clarity
I keep reading Kuipers stuff online. I think she is quite good.
Still Life with Small Objects of Perfect Choking Size | TriQu
Another Kuipers poem I like.
NYTimes: A Lesson for (and From) a Dystopian World
I linked this in yesterday but it wasn’t a big link like this. You could have missed it. I am reading Riddley Walker the book that Williams mentions. I’m also reading The Mouse and His Child by the same author (Russell Hoban). I have to say, this man can make beautiful sentences.
At Golden Gate Park with You | Alaska Quarterly Review
Collaborators by Keetje Kuipers – Poems | Academy of Am
“Getting the Baby to Sleep” by Keetje Kuipers | Blackbird
More poetry by Kuipers.
How to Criticize with Kindness: Philosopher Daniel Dennett
I like this guy. Here’s the gist:
How to compose a successful critical commentary:
- You should attempt to re-express your target’s position so clearly, vividly, and fairly that your target says, “Thanks, I wish I’d thought of putting it that way.
- You should list any points of agreement (especially if they are not matters of general or widespread agreement).
- You should mention anything you have learned from your target.
- Only then are you permitted to say so much as a word of rebuttal or criticism.
Introduction to Greek Meter pdf
Sometimes I feel pretty silly putting this stuff up since no one I know shares many of my interests. But I guess my daughters enjoying seeing what the fuck I’m into.
NYTimes: A Coast-to-Coast Marriage of American Railroads
by Sarah Vowell.