Frank Garrett Online

Category: elegy

  • Bolesław LeafMarch 19, 1994 – March 16, 2008 Rest in peace, my little orange baby. more ›

  • Year of the Whirlwind

    In honor of a Japanese tradition I recently learned about, I have chosen sempū as the kanji to represent the passing year. Sempū means “whirlwind” and is written thus: From… more ›

  • Thanksgiving Thursday

    A random selection of music to be thankful for: “Beaten Thursdays” by Prefuse 73 “The Columbia” by Lackthereof “Elvis Cadillac” by Rickie Lee Jones “Four Three All India Radio” by… more ›

  • Observance

    Today, on Columbus Day (Observed) I’m sitting through a lecture on early American history—yeah, academic calendars don’t quite match up to national holidays. (When I was at UD—boo! hiss!—I was… more ›

  • Il y a / n’est plus

    A hundred years of his undying death articulating as if the singular unsaid, unsaying, unsayable, in its fully exteriorized impossibility against the homogenized totalization of a text, an other. He… more ›

  • Voices

    Nothing abides. Nothing remains. Today I found out that Ray Williams died. (We raise our voices.) He was the chair of the fine arts division at the community college I… more ›

  • Voices

    Nothing abides. Nothing remains. Today I found out that Ray Williams died. (We raise our voices.) He was the chair of the fine arts division at the community college I… more ›

  • Euro-Franz Say Auf Wiedersehen

    Euro-Franz isn’t one to cherish or even approve of long goodbyes. Perhaps he’s said goodbye too many times. When he lived in Japan all those years ago, he was even… more ›

  • Euro-Franz Say Auf Wiedersehen

    Euro-Franz isn’t one to cherish or even approve of long goodbyes. Perhaps he’s said goodbye too many times. When he lived in Japan all those years ago, he was even… more ›

  • Fauxhawk

    Repeat after Euro-Franz: Don’t fear the fauxhawk. The fauxhawk is your friend. One thing I will miss about being in Europe: having considerably less social pressure about how I style… more ›