• Culture Hole in the Sky

    On a rain-splattered Saturday about sixty people made their way to an evening of avant-garde sound and performance art in Exposition Park, Dallas, in order to hear, among other things, an almost 100-year-old dada sound poem. The event was produced… more ›

  • Half a Rainbow

    “That V-2 on the way?” “A4, yes.” He hangs at the bottom of his blood’s avalanche, 300 years of western swamp-Yankees, and can’t manage but some nervous truce with their Providence. A détente. Ruins he goes daily to look in… more ›

  • Books Read in 2018

    Here are most of the books I read in 2018. Now that I have affiliated with IndieBound, I won’t be linking any more to Amazon. I found an old journal entry from several months ago that listed some typically outrageous… more ›

  • The Bride from Odessa

    Some nights I am overcome by a strange sensation that I can only define as cultural nausea.  When Chris Marker, in one of his rare interviews, recommends a book, you can bet I’m going to read it. In response to… more ›

  • Shit Writer

    I don’t consider Fernando Sdrigotti a friend. I’ve known him for a a few years, sure. Mostly via Twitter and several emails. He’s edited my writing. I think calling him a friend is perhaps too optimistic. Unnecessarily twee. I find… more ›

  • World AIDS Day

    Instead of a day without art, I’d like to celebrate two of my favorite artists: David Wojnarowicz and Ron Athey. Both unapologetically queer. Both HIV+. Both demonized by fascist right-wing politicians. Both have contributed to my personal vocabulary of how… more ›

  • The Poet in His Labyrinth

    “Criticism unfolds the possibility of freedom and is thus an invitation to action.” “Criticism tells us that we should learn to dissolve the idols, should learn to dissolve them within our own selves. We must learn to be like the… more ›

  • Xavier Villaurrutia on Abraham Ángel

    At the beginning of November I was in Mexico City for a short holiday-cum-research trip. One of my research projects is to translate some of Xavier Villaurrutia’s theater pieces. Another research project, should I live long enough, is to write… more ›

  • A Star Is Born

    Watched the new A Star Is Born this past weekend after watching the earlier three versions over the past few months. There are some things the 2018 version gets right. For example, making the debut of the star a duet… more ›

  • Last night I dreamt that Johnny Marr loved me

    For the past few weeks I purposely didn’t look up articles about Johnny Marr. I didn’t want to discover that he too, like that other person from the Smiths, had become a terrible person. Marr performs at the Granada Theater,… more ›