Spontaneous Reaction
Carolyn walked hand-in-hand with her
blowup doll to Stockyard Days where
she paid a caricature artist to paint the
likings of officer Voeller’s features onto
its face for all the money she had left in
her pocket: a sum total of $16. 66,
with two cents being Canadian.
Talent Scouts
Mother on the go wears
gel insteps during tryouts
for glee club just before the
end of summer vacation so she
can spring into action at the drop
of a hat, note, octave, or cadence count.
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Tagged as:
Literature in the Media,
New Literature Online,
Poetry
Thursday Wears Heels
Do you hear that? It’s Thursday, sneaking up like a dream in high heels. It’s enough to rouse us from slumber, or better yet, inspire us to delve into the wild world of literature news. We all know days slip into nights and thoughts into dreams, but where, pray tell, do the words of yesterday go? Why the HTOED Thesaurus, you silly goose. Be sure to check out this massively new ensemble of language. Our Catholic guilt often taints our dreams, which is why we sympathize with an award-winning journalist from Canada who has written a book exposing church corruption. Author Jorge Volpi’s Season of Ash revisits Chernobyl, Professor David Melnick is handed a shiny red apple, and a new femme fatale struts London’s foggy streets. Finally, that pretty weatherbird Zadie Smith has a new collection of essays published. The essays describe a range of topics. And it seems there is nothing about which she cannot write. Except, of course, the guilt-ridden, high-heeled Thursday of our dreams. — Kevin Murphy
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Tagged as:
Literature in the Media,
Thursday's Flurry of Words
