I just found out that Paolo Sorrentino’s Il Divo opened in New York on Friday and since it probably won’t be out for long I’m rushing this post. I’m not familiar with Sorrentino’s earlier work and I saw the film too long ago to review it properly. This is intended as more of a primer [...]
Monthly Archives: April 2009
Syracuse Light: Poem by Sarah C. Harwell
April 26, 2009 – 8:58 am
After a Caravaggio Painting
We live in a city of weeping houses,
dogs howl, cats are skinny,
paint peels, times are hard.
Our souls reside in the dollar store,
we work and borrow monthly
to pay our debt.
What do we owe?
Gamblers continue to gamble
even after the light shines
on the exchange of [...]
Interview: Anton Vidokle of e-flux
April 20, 2009 – 9:28 am
Every day e-flux reaches 50,000 people around the world with three or four emails announcing exhibitions, publications, discussions and events related to contemporary art. But this enormous announcement digest – with an online archive stretching back to its inception in 1999 – is just a part of the story. In a symbiotic operation, e-flux manages [...]
Spots: A Short Short Story by Sophie Rosenblum
April 14, 2009 – 2:52 am
My sister and I spent our time in London at Madame Tussauds, holding hands with Hitler and Madonna. We were avoiding parents. They had given us each fifteen pounds. I took mine to the exchange place, trading them in for dollars. “For when we’re back,” I said. Liza spent hers on candy. I thought about [...]
Double Your Pleasure
April 7, 2009 – 8:45 am
This week’s New Yorker features an article on the Dickman brothers, Matthew and Michael. The Portland, Oregon natives are twin poets with different styles that draw from the same shared experience. Plus, they’re cute. (Sorry, I couldn’t resist.) We were lucky enough to have Matthew contribute to Issue No. 2 and do a special [...]
