‘Art and Madness, A Memoir of Lust Without Reason’ Review
Tags/ Posted by Gretta BarclayYou, supplement to the endless series, place this mirror up to your face: Can you feel the steam of breath against your lips?continue reading this poem
Ann Roiphe (Art and Madness, A Memoir of Lust Without Reason, 2011) willingly gives up everything for art in the 1950’s when she is just in her twenties.
The Talented Miss Highsmith
Tags/ Posted by Gretta BarclayMy parents are still here due to the snow That's falling fatly on us in Cheyennecontinue reading this poem
The author of The Talented Mr. Ripley series, and other diabolical crime mysteries had talent indeed, and an eccentric personality to match. The 2009 biography of Patricia Highsmith written by Joan Schenkar, entitled The Talented Miss Highsmith, attests to these facts.
The Importance of Living by Lin Yutang
Tags/ Posted by Gretta Barclaytrying to shut the howling of the whistle out of my sleep trying to get back to a memory that aroused me once upon a time taking the Nightcontinue reading this poem
If you believe Lin Yutang, author of The Importance of Living, man is a curious wayward dreamer who is furiously pursuing all the wrong things. Yutang has a very specific philosophy for living life which will bring genuine contentment, and he begins with the idea of detachment, which is similar to Buddhist philosophy.
Electric Literature
Tags/ Posted by Gretta BarclayYour body is more like a gesture than a thing. More like a song than a gesture.continue reading this poem
Electric Literature is a new literary magazine that seeks to reinvigorate the short story through e-publishing, mobile technology, and social media. With the amazing short story collections that have been published this year, from Both Ways is the Only Way I Want It by Maile Meloy to Alice Munro’s Too Much Happiness, it would seem that Electric Literature is perfectly positioned for the resurgence of the contemporary short story.
