Okay, here it is. After months of scheming and dithering, I’ve finally completed work on the foundational documents for a body of critical theory about gun violence survival that will henceforth be known as “The Survivor Apocalypse Manifesto.” You can access this document by clicking here or on the image of my North Woods shack, […] More >>
Archives for January 2019
The Last Oyster
By the end of January, having just returned from the winter New York book fair, I’d be frantically preparing for the west coast book fairs – which I’m skipping this year. Then I’d come home, gather my stock, go down to DC for the Washington Book Fair, then get in the crowded van with John […] More >>
Austerity in Practice, and Other Matters
My son the building contractor is creating an ocean-view dream house for a rich doctor down the lane, and in the process a couple of ancient locust trees and a monster cherry had to go. He asked me if I wanted the wood and, reflexively, I said, “Sure!” Sunday afternoon one of those timber trucks […] More >>
Paper is The Future!
Just kidding. It only felt that way Sunday afternoon. But Gary Gipstein let us go home at 2pm! For a review of this winter’s Papermania “Antique Paper Show Plus Advertising & Photography” – the event’s 73rd iteration, I think – I refer you to my review of last year’s winter Papermania, which contained reviews of […] More >>