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…8 min read·Jun 16, 2017----
Joe LamportProteus Unboundin which the nature of transformation is more fully explained12 min read·Mar 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…1 min read·Feb 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…7 min read·Feb 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…2 min read·Jan 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…2 min read·Dec 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…2 min read·Nov 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…1 min read·Nov 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…5 min read·Jun 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…7 min read·Jan 31, 2016----
