The current economic recession is my generation’s wake-up call about the difference between promise and lasting value. Whether we heed the call remains to be seen. The promise of ubiquitous home ownership, “money for nothing” investment strategies, and consumption founded on debt has collapsed. Some undoubtedly hope that we will be able to return to …
(Or, A History Of My Web Presence, With Nods To Robert Pinsky And The 14th Century Samurai Creed) When frames were in vogue, my address bar remained constant. When full-page graphics were in, you could see my big head for miles. I never used a black background, I made trendiness my enemy. When blogs were …
Pinsky’s praise of difficult poetry last week is commendable in its way. He serves up a hodge podge of interesting verse that requires something back from the reader–more than what most celebrations of NaPoMo attempted. That said, he doesn’t really go much further than that toward making the argument for difficulty. He seems to define …
