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Every year, York College of Pennsylvania hosts a ‘Writer in Residence’ who visits the campus for a few days to do readings, teach workshops, and socialize with students. This year, David Shields, author of Reality Hunger: A Manifesto, came to visit. Being in a unique spot for one of my credited classes, [...]
The other day I was doing some research on the bankruptcy of Borders. Most of what I found was the same string of repeated facts: they had poor management, they couldn’t compete with Amazon, their music section was going under because everyone buys off itunes now – normal economic problems for a corporation. While [...]
Rat Girl, A Memoir By Kristin Hersh Penguin Books, paperback If you’ve ever heard Kristin Hersh (of Throwing Muses and 50 Foot Wave) sing, you probably remember her voice. It’s burnt and odd and ragged round the edges, an ugly-pretty thing that pushes against the lower registers and struggles breathily upwards. Her voice is [...]
Hypothetical Situation: The Star Trek Voyager is being built in your hometown. It is nearly complete and is due to take off in several weeks. The officials in charge of enlistment have recommended you to serve as a sort of diplomatic assistant on the ship – given your background in academia and your renown [...]
Poet we recently published has a new collection of poems out now.
You may have heard that shaking like a mountain is hosting a fiction contest—and you heard correctly. But you may have overlooked the fact that Janice Eidus, award-winning author (Pushcart, O.Henry, and Redbook to name a few) will be judging it. We’re very excited to have Janice on board with us as a guest [...]
“No one became a rock star by accident or against their will,” Goldberg writes. They may be artists, but they wanted to make money and it maddened him when he couldn’t help all he loved to do that.
How much did he owe him? Four years into their partnership, Tommy James hired an accountant who calculated that Levy owed James close to 40 million dollars. When Levy threatened to introduce the accountant to the local fish population, James had to back down. “Aaron (the accountant-edt.) had a family. It was over.”
Another writer once proclaimed Patti Smith to be the “Godmother of Punk,” and it would be tricky to dispute that she doesn’t deserve the title. Her 1975 debut album, the seminal Horses, uses an effective blend of well-crafted poetry and three chord guitar rock with beautifully placed feedback to set a standard for a generation of rockers. Bands such as R.E.M. and The Smiths, which fielded influential musicians of their own, have remarked on the impact of Smith’s music on their own development.
Thomas Cobb discusses Hank Williams, Nabokov, and the near impossibility of redemption.
