When I was a child, Moving scared me; every time I located my life, it wandered away once more. These words from Susan Kinsolving’s poem “In Preparation”… Read more “Susan Kinsolving’s Dailies & Rushes: Poems”
Author: David Nilsen
Sarah Gailey’s River of Teeth
About a hundred years ago, the U.S. government very nearly gave the green light to a plan that would have brought hippopotamuses to the American South as… Read more “Sarah Gailey’s River of Teeth”
My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier
I was introduced to Daphne du Maurier the way most people were introduced to Daphne du Maurier: someone told me I absolutely had to read Rebecca, and so… Read more “My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier”
Erland Josephson
Few actors have ever lived inside the quiet emotional realities of their characters like Swedish great Erland Josephson, who was born ninety-four years ago today in 1923… Read more “Erland Josephson”
A Review of the That Girl Zine #15: The Music Issue by Kelli Callis
As I’ve mentioned previously, I’m relatively new to the zine world. I didn’t discover zines as a teenager in the ’90s when the movement was getting started,… Read more “A Review of the That Girl Zine #15: The Music Issue by Kelli Callis”
Sofia Coppola
I came to Sofia Coppola late, and late in my first marriage, and I fell hard for the young director. I saw Lost in Translation several years after… Read more “Sofia Coppola”
A review of Beating the Graves by Tsitsi Ella Jaji
The African Poetry Book Series published each year by the University of Nebraska Press is always worth looking forward to. Having thoroughly enjoyed Mahtem Shiferraw’s Fuchsia last summer,… Read more “A review of Beating the Graves by Tsitsi Ella Jaji”
All About Eve
I had a chance to revisit All About Eve a couple weeks ago as part of the Third Floor Film Series, a local classic film series I started in… Read more “All About Eve”
A review of the zine POPs: Parents on Parenting #1
POPs: Parents on Parenting is a zine for parents whose lives are unlikely to be profiled in a glossy parenting magazine any time soon. It’s for parents… Read more “A review of the zine POPs: Parents on Parenting #1”
Zabriskie Point Revisited
When I first saw Zabriskie Point two years ago, I was not very impressed. A long-time Antonioni fan, I felt its themes were handled clumsily. What has surprised… Read more “Zabriskie Point Revisited”
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