Tag Archives: books
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MoMA “Surrealist Book” Show: The Canned Writing is on the Wall
Leave a commentOctober 14, 2026 by tsk2001
“Tomorrow Lives in Mirrors” is the theme of this exhibition, but today lives in the eight quotes that MoMA chose …
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Rothko Birthday Bash: Buccal Up for Safety
Leave a commentSeptember 25, 2026 by tsk2001
It’s Mark Rothko’s birthday. Seems like an occasion to prime the poetic canvas, maybe not with the ferocity of the …
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Desnos and Tanning: Drifting Nudes and Dancing Cows
Leave a commentAugust 14, 2026 by tsk2001
So I find myself asking Gem if Dorothea Tanning and Robert Desnos might’ve known each other—something to do with research …
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Newklear Fusion: Live at the Five Spot
Leave a commentMay 27, 2026 by tsk2001
I was going through stuff in a drawer the other day and I came upon a bunch of tickets from …
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The Creeley Centenary: One Hand on the Bingian Trigger
Leave a commentMay 21, 2026 by tsk2001
Robert Creeley was born on May 21, 1926. Hmmm. This calls for something. What’s on p.100 of his collected poems? …
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Cobra Jazz: The Soft Machine Re-Machined
Leave a commentApril 22, 2026 by tsk2001
I was poking around in an old project, The Book of Haiku Revelation, and I discovered two poetic assemblages made …
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With Dial-A-Poem, It’s Always Good to Call Ahead
Leave a commentFebruary 21, 2026 by tsk2001
You never know what you’ll find on a simple park walk. I found this, which suggested a poem whose first …
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Breton’s Magnetic Fields: Peeling the Magic Orange
Leave a commentFebruary 7, 2026 by tsk2001
I’ve been pondering Breton lately, as one is wont to do after reading the great Polizzotti bio, so I took …
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Young Hares Secured Against Cherry Trees: Bretonian Questions Abound
Leave a commentDecember 17, 2025 by tsk2001
I was in Philly on the weekend to see Dreamworld: Surrealism at 100. And of course to pay homage to …
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The Carl Andre “Three-Cone Emergency” Installation: EmPlathicized Poetics
Leave a commentNovember 6, 2025 by tsk2001
I’m walking in the park when I notice what strikes me immediately as a ponderously weighty Carl Andre sculpture, but …
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