“Little Sadie”

You feel your hydration level thrown off by the presence of another person, So what you need is the city Streets and a lot of luck, . Just for the lights to shine on just you, To Cast off past identities like A peel, Forgetting about your dog

“An Undermining of the ‘Soul’ in Love, Framing Kierkegaard’s Discussion of Don Giovanni”

Kierkegaard mentions “love from the soul” copiously, and I think his is about the optimum discussion of the “soul” I’ve ever observed, because it explains simply: it’s just everything not having to do with sex and lust. “Soul” has long been one of my least favorite words, though I’ve never fully understood why. One reason … Read more“An Undermining of the ‘Soul’ in Love, Framing Kierkegaard’s Discussion of Don Giovanni”

“PJ Harvey’s Uh Huh Her– Looking Back after 10 Years”

Amidst many mythologies and urban legends, we have PJ Harvey, a woman the semantics of whose discography run the full gamut of human perspectives — from self-conscious “Dress” teenie, to “Man-Size,” to Uh Huh Her, a vial of acute, staggering loneliness. Listening to Uh Huh Her for the first time was like getting a letter … Read more“PJ Harvey’s Uh Huh Her– Looking Back after 10 Years”

“Fiction Profile: Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour / an Introduction by J.D. Salinger”

Franny and Zooey is a 200-page novel by Salinger separated into two parts — “Franny” and “Zooey.” The second part is inundated by the presence of the other, unlike the first part, which is strictly Franny’s world. The entire novel is set in, I think, a total of about four rooms, and mostly in one … Read more“Fiction Profile: Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour / an Introduction by J.D. Salinger”

“Beams”

When you’ve heard true poetry, You finally realize what a kiss is again, And it ceases to be meaningless, It ceases To be an arbitrary, unmonitored enterprise. . The sun Beams in from The ivy