• The Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art

    Every now and then it is very nice to go to a quiet museum that is not swamped with visitors, especially one that does not oppress you with one thousand pieces of art or more to see. Today, as part…

  • What is so special about oysters?

    “Oysters” by Edouard Manet, 1862  Shall the world, then, be overrun by oysters? What? Apart from this? Sarah Waters in Tipping the Velvet (1998) tells us more: I opened no more shells for Kitty, for she managed them herself. ‘Look…

  • ECW Press interviews Gillian Sze

    Gllian Sze’s favourite form of procrastination is cleaning (!) – can you believe it? From a coffee spoon to a bathtub! Read more about Gillian in this Goodreads interview with ECW Press. – Read Gillian Sze’s Cha profile. –

  • W. F. Lantry reads – Saturday 05 Feb 2011

    –From their website: In an exciting cultural event celebrating the 36th anniversary of Voices Israel, co-editor Michael Dickel, visiting from Jerusalem, will host poets Matthew Anish, Stanley H. Barkan, Julia Birdsall, Asya Graf, Adeena Karasick, W. F. Lantry, Pearse Murray,…

  • Lunar New Year Mouth to Mouth Open Mic: Kelly Tsai and Ocean Vuong

    –From their website: 2011 is starting off with a bang! We’re ushering in the new year with a Mouth to Mouth Open Mic featuring activist and spoken word artist Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai and poet Ocean Vuong. So, come, bring a…

  • Tonight: LANTERN REVIEW & BOXCAR POETRY REVIEW Joint Reading

    LANTERN REVIEW & BOXCAR POETRY REVIEW Joint Reading Lantern Review is hosting a joint reading with Boxcar Poetry Review on Friday night (the 4th) at 7:30 pm, at Go Mama Go! (1809 14th St. NW). Entrance is pay-as-you-wish. About 16 writers…

  • Todd Swift in Poetry Magazine

    – Todd Swift’s poems “Slieve Donard II” and “Sonnet” are now published in the February 2011 issue of Poetry.  – Todd Swift’s poems were published in issue #2 , issue #3 and issue #11 of Cha. –

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  • What was William Empson’s theory about James Joyce’s Ulysses?

    –In this LRB article, Frank Kermode answers: It was in 1948 that he [Empson] first outlined the theory in a letter to his wife: Bloom would like to make love to Molly but hasn’t done so for ten years, since…

  • Robert E. Wood in The Meadowland Review

    – Robert E. Wood’s poem “The Red Room” (p. 10) is now published in the Winter 2011 issue of The Meadowland Review. You can view the issue online here or download the pdf here.  – Read Robert E. Wood’s Cha…