Tag Archives: literature

H.P. Lovecraft’s not-so-private horror

Posted on August 21, 2018 by editor, facilitator, decider

Howard Phillips Lovecraft would have turned 128 this week. As it was, he died in 1937, aged just 46, but if he’d enjoyed such startling longevity we likely wouldn’t be discussing today what infernal bargain was keeping him alive, but … Continue reading →

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Paradise Lost: the 8-bit dance mix

Posted on July 11, 2016 by editor, facilitator, decider

Plenty of attempts have been made down through the centuries to recast John Milton’s 1660s epic poem, Paradise Lost, in some or another multi-media format. Artists ranging from William Blake to Salvador Dali have taken their turns at providing the … Continue reading →

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Babylonian tree-hugger: The lost verses of Gilgamesh

Posted on October 4, 2015 by editor, facilitator, decider

Gilgamesh of Uruk, great king and itinerant seeker, priest of Kullab and bosom-friend of Enkidu, we thought we knew ye. Well, we should have figured. The Epic of Gilgamesh, history’s first great narrative poem and mankind’s inaugural piece of literature, … Continue reading →

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Katie Paterson and Margaret Atwood play the literary long game

Posted on September 6, 2014 by editor, facilitator, decider

Great literature might be timeless, but until now both of those superlatives—greatness and timelessness—have been unintended (and probably too-good-to-be-hoped-for) parts of the writing experience. Writers write, readers judge, and history ultimately decides. That’s how it’s always gone Leave it to … Continue reading →

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I culture you: Take your vacation

Posted on August 2, 2014 by editor, facilitator, decider

You’ve been working very very hard, haven’t you? Poor thing, I know exactly how you feel. You know what you need? You need a little vacation. Go ahead — take a some time off. Relax. How you relax is a … Continue reading →

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Kill your Buddha

Posted on October 1, 2013 by editor, facilitator, decider

I try not to too often use this soapbox as a dispensary for artistic advice (my good friend Robin K. has that all sewn up for writers over at More Ink and for visual artists at Ink and Alchemy). But … Continue reading →

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Pablo Neruda and the unquiet grave

Posted on April 7, 2013 by editor, facilitator, decider

In the wave-strike over unquiet stones the brightness bursts and bears the rose and the ring of water contracts to a cluster to one drop of azure brine that falls. O magnolia radiance breaking in spume, magnetic voyager whose death … Continue reading →

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Les Mis will unman us all

Posted on January 9, 2013 by editor, facilitator, decider

I dreamed a dream where I could go to the movies without publicly embarrassing myself. I’m a highly empathetic person, you see. When I see pain, I feel pain. And although I’m thoroughly masculine—truly as masculine as masculine can be—my … Continue reading →

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Richard III, uncovered

Posted on December 31, 2012 by editor, facilitator, decider

Shakespeare always walked a fine line with his treatment of monarchy. On the one hand, he knew that the lives of royals were deep and rich wells of entertainment; power, wealth, sex, and betrayal were as popular devices in fiction … Continue reading →

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Chinese literature in the spotlight

Posted on October 13, 2012 by editor, facilitator, decider

With this week’s announcement of the award of the Nobel Prize for Literature, the world’s cultural attention has turned to Chinese literature. China has one of the world’s most ancient traditions of written art, yet has been mostly ignored by … Continue reading →

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