Samuel Johnson’s Lives of the Poets told of the struggles of some 50 of his contemporary 18th-century English versifiers, John Milton, Alexander Pope and John Dryden among them. Jess Walter’s The Financial Lives of the Poets is the brutally-comic tale of aspiring contemporary poet, laid-off business reporter and family man Matthew Prior.…
Fall From On High
Facing job loss, foreclosure and his wife's cheating, an aspiring poet seeks redemption in marijuana sales.
November 26th, 2009 · 1 Comment
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Ware’s Well
Circular design, reoccurring family history and melancholy moods define the latest work of cartoonist Chris Ware.
November 26th, 2009 · No Comments
It’s not too late to appreciate Chris Ware’s cover and story in The New Yorker‘s November 2 “Cartoon Issue.” Young trick-or-treaters stand at doorways, their faces hidden behind white masks, while their parents wait back on the sidewalk, their faces masked in illumination from their personal communication devices. What a great…
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