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January 17, 2014
Remembering Gregory Nunzio Corso
I have a special place in my heart for Gregory Corso. I’ve always appreciated his Romantic notions and the levity he brought to the so-called Beat Generation canon. Unlike a lot of the other people he associated with, who were brought up in middle-class families and took an interest in the seedy underbelly of New […]
Friday Links: Clips of the Week
Burnside published my top 10 art picks of 2013 Largehearted boy mentioned my book picks of 2013 Burnside re-published my essay “Does God Laugh at Our Resolutions?” along with several other archival articles on New Year’s resolutions. Did you make any resolutions this year?Filed under: Faith Tagged: Burnside Writers Collective, clip, Friday Links, holiday, New […]
January 15, 2014
I’m Leading a Free Writing Workshop Jan. 20
I’m leading a free writing workshop next week with two of my colleagues, one who is an established novelist and the other who works in book publishing. The workshop will be held on January 20, 2014, 7-9pm, at the offices of Redeemer Presbyterian Church, located 1359 Broadway, 4th Floor, Main Conference Room. Admission is free! […]
January 14, 2014
Harold Pinter’s Proust Screenplay Shows at the 92nd Street Y
image via 92nd Street Y If you recall that Jack Kerouac, a native French speaker, read Marcel Proust’s Remembrance of Things Past, you may be interested in Harold Pinter’s screenplay of it at the 92nd Street Y: In 1972, Harold Pinter wrote a screenplay from Proust’s seven-volume masterpiece Remembrance of Things Past. Decades later, Pinter […]
January 13, 2014
New Year’s Resolution: Have Fun, Thanks to Eventsy
One of my New Year’s Resolutions for 2014 is to have more fun! New York City is perhaps the greatest place on earth to live, but when you live here you sometimes forget that. Life gets in the way. Things like work and grocery shopping (or getting takeout) and, in my case, readings and publishing […]
January 9, 2014
Amiri Baraka (October 7, 1934 – January 9, 2014)
Amiri Baraka October 7, 1934 – January 9, 2014 If you follow the Burning Furiously Beautiful Facebook page, you know that Amiri Baraka‘s family recently reached out through social media to ask for prayers for the poet, who had gone into Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark. I have just learned of his passing. My […]
Microaggressions
Kiyun Kim’s photography series Microaggressions capture the casual racism of our American society. The Fordham University student photographed fellow students holding signs with the subtle racist remarks they often hear. The comments probably aren’t intended to be racist, and I would imagine many people think they’re actually complimenting the person. When I found out about […]
January 7, 2014
MetroCard Turns 20; Metro Token Inspired “Beatitude” Cover
I’m eating my words from yesterday — today is bitter cold. The buzz word of the day is “polar vortex.” I actually caught myself subconsciously holding my breath as I walked to the subway this morning. I felt bad for the guy who had to stand outside the station handing out the free little daily […]
January 6, 2014
A Perfect Morning to Jump Into the River
image by Jim Maggas via Wikipedia After a weekend of trudging through dirty city snow, I was surprised—and thankful!—this morning to discover the temperatures had risen enough to melt away the large icy barricades surrounding every crosswalk. I changed out of my snow boots and put on ballet flats. Ballet flats! In the winter! Even […]
December 26, 2013
6 Best Books of 2013, According to Me
It’s that time of year when everyone’s doing their Best of 2013 lists, so I figured I’d add mine! I know most people pick 5 or 10, but I picked 6. Why 6, you ask? For arbitrary reasons. Yes, I read more than 6 books this year. No, they weren’t all from 2013. And no, […]
