Joe LamportAt the Writers’ Hotel: thoughts on the shortcomings of a modern poetry workshopOne morning this spring my wife showed me an advertisement for a writers’ conference in New York City. “You should go, really. A gift to…Jun 16, 2017Jun 16, 2017
Joe LamportProteus Unboundin which the nature of transformation is more fully explainedMar 21, 2017Mar 21, 2017
Joe LamportWhat Takes Shape Outside the Present FrameA swan idles And so do I While the full moon rises Over Weesuck Creek All of us unknowing How much longer We can maintain This liminal…Feb 24, 2017Feb 24, 2017
Joe LamportTowards a Faith-based Practice of Art: a short note of thanks to Mr. ApologyIn the last 15 or 20 years the word practice has taken on a new depth of meaning, particularly as the word is now frequently used to…Feb 9, 2017Feb 9, 2017
Joe Lamport2017: the Year of NothingOne of the running gags in David Foster Wallace’s masterwork Infinite Jest is the idea of raising government revenue through corporate…Jan 2, 2017Jan 2, 2017
Joe LamportPseudoreality PrevailsThere’s nothing new under the sun. Our present cultural predicament turns out to have been well anticipated by Robert Musil in his…Dec 22, 2016Dec 22, 2016
Joe LamportWhat is news revulsionNews revulsion. The idea is simple and straightforward. As of today I am going on a strict or starvation news diet. I am trying to permit…Nov 10, 2016Nov 10, 2016
Joe LamportWelcome to TrumplandiaWhen we wake up tomorrow we will immediately begin scratching our heads trying to figure out how much the world changed overnight. A…Nov 9, 2016Nov 9, 2016
Joe LamportHow to Achieve Phenomenal Success as a Writer, Poet and TranslatorSuccess in life may be appraised in any number of ways, not all of which are of equal importance or weight in any given person’s…Jun 5, 2016Jun 5, 2016
Joe LamportDonald Trump and the Kayfabe AscendancyI had breakfast with my friends Andrea and Peter earlier this week and like everyone else seems to be doing these days we had a long…Jan 31, 2016Jan 31, 2016