Incandescence

Brad's Ten Commandments 10. When in Rome, sleep with a cute French girl. 9. Never throw random shit at girls in the computer lab I think are hot. Never again. ...

We all know poets are not trained in institutions, that poets can not be "made" through rigorous scholastics--it is something inside that is far more meaningful and complex, something which ...

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bob: Don't entirely agree with that, thought some of it's about right. I think that society determines to a point what makes up 'poetry' (well, what constitutes anything, really...), but ...

Colleen, First, I'm glad threads like this are getting attention. A brief anecdote: when I read this title, I was instantly reminded of what was called "Literature" in the Middle ...

Having the reputation as the "harshest critic" on the YWS is no easy task. As it were, I think some kind of forum for facilitating the discussion of critiques that ...

27,500 (but I cheated)

I got the idea for Balloons in Winter most totally from my own experiences. If I get inspired by external sources, which I have no experience with, I can't maintain ...

My only issue with Steinbeck is that he underestimates the reader's ability. Everything is spelled out, and there is really nothing left for you to think about. Even that pesky ...

I really, really used to like Eve Merriam's poetry whenever I was a little kid. I would always read her works and Shel Silverstein's book-- The End of the World ...

I've been contemplating actually partaking in this whole Nanowrimo thing, for once. I obviously have neither the time nor the ability to truly commit to it, and that is why ...

I think I am a different writer--as I well should be. I am a different person than I was years ago. The question of improvement, however, can only yield strictly ...

Snoink, What you should really read is Marx's Das Kapital . Best, Brad

Hi Bjorn, I think your advocacy of Marx-by-itself is misguided. It is only through Lenin and Stalin that Marxism actualized itself in the world. Just as many, many Christians today ...

(5) The Voice Imitator by Bernhard. =While I've enjoyed all of Bernhard's other works -- the man is a genius -- this piece was so translucent I felt as though ...