Thursday, June 20, 2013

Theme: Borislav Martinu

Latest Goodies :

Poem: ‘Crowbar’ by Hailey Leithauser

Short story: ‘They’d All Felt Sorry For Her’ by Judith Amanthis

Image gallery: Something of the Sort

Video: Austerity is Nonsense

Podcast: Cook Yourself

Video: The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda

Poem: ‘Time’ by Robin Chapman

Poem: ‘Thanatopsis’ by William Cullen Bryant

Image gallery: Of Reality

Video game: Candy Box

Poem: ‘Look at How the Time Goes Past’ by Paige Cohen

Video: Ann and Frank

Book excerpt: ‘The Riddle of the Labyrinth’ by Margalit Fox

Podcast: Two Cultures

Poem: ‘Fifteen Thousand Degrees Against Virtue’ by Nicholas Rombes

Slideshow: Dioramas of a Nightmare

Poems: ”O Donald! Ye Are Just the Man’ and ‘Stocklewath; or, The Cumbrian Village’ by Susanna Blamire

Video: The Unlimited Dream Company

Poem: ‘Maine Seafood Company’ by Matthew Dickman and Michael Dickman

Book excerpt: ‘Taipei’ by Tao Lin

Short story: ‘The Wretched of Uhuru’ by Mwenda Mbatiah

Photo essay: Finland in WWII

Poem: ‘III. On exile or pilgrimage; concerning dreams that beginners have’ by Lauren Eggert-Crowe

Podcast: Richard Ford reads Harold Brodkey’s ‘State of Grace’

Slideshow: Pointe a’ Tárrthaidh

Video: Stop HS2

Short story: ‘Blood’ by Blake Butler

Image gallery: Viiite!

Poem: ‘Frames’ by Tammy Ho Lai-Ming

Short story: ‘The Dark Arts’ by Ben Marcus

‘Bohuslav Martinu was the out and out cosmopolitan – a lethal term of abuse under both Fascists and Stalinists, whose sustained attention he was therefore fortunate to escape’