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Category Archives: Writing
Drunks in doorways, Moons on trees
This Monday, Bill Murray popped-up at SXSW in Austin, Texas for an impromptu street poetry reading of the great Beat poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s short work “Dog”. The reading was not spontaneous, but part of a national promotional campaign for director … Continue reading
Posted in Tech, Tourism, USA, Writing
Tagged Austin, Beats, Bill Murrray, Lawrence Ferlingetti, SXSW
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Through me forbidden voices
Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, illustrator Rockwell Kent
Posted in Art, Books, USA, Writing
Tagged Leaves of Grass, Poetry, Rockwell Kent, Walt Whitman
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Blade Runner 1968
The Folio Society, 2017, Illustrations by Chris Skinner and Andrew Archer
Embrace the Absurd
Word on the Street is a public art collaboration between the artist collective House of Trees and Times Square Arts. The project evolved from an exhibition of protest banners and signs from last year’s national Women’s March for resistance. The new version of Word … Continue reading
There is no frigate like a book
There is no Frigate like a Book To take us Lands away Nor any Coursers like a Page Of prancing Poetry – This Traverse may the poorest take Without oppress of Toll – How frugal is the Chariot That bears … Continue reading
The Shapes of Stories
The always spot on cartoonist Grant Snider created this terrific graphic representation of Kurt Vonnegut’s timeless lecture on the shapes of stories.
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Tagged Cartoons, Grant Snider, Kurt Vonnegut
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