Monthly Archives: February 2008
Breaking Into The Spell: My Interview With Ursula K. Le Guin, for Guernica Magazine
Alexander Chee for Guernica: You were about 16 when World War II ended, in your early twenties at the outbreak of the Korean War, and your first books appeared during the darkest years of Vietnam. How much do you think … Continue reading
My Voting Irregularities
I received something in the mail about a week ago. It said it was from the town clerk’s office, and that it was their attempt to verify my address. If I didn’t mail it back in time, it said, I … Continue reading
Filed under politics
One Day This Kid Will Get Larger
One of my favorites. by the late David Wojnarowicz.
Filed under political art
Any Environment Is Invisible When It Wants To Know You
The Canadian professor and media philosopher Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980) explained that any environment tends to be invisible. A media environment is so pervasive that we don’t see it. He devised many methods of sensing and making sense out of our … Continue reading
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Short Exchanges At The AWP: In The Bar At The Hilton
Scene: I go to the bar at the Hilton, to meet up with Aaron Hamburger and get a drink. There’s one chair. I sit down. We’re surrounded by 7500 writers on several floors, in New York for the Associated Writing … Continue reading
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