Literature

When I met them I felt trust, Poised by their presence, An entente with friends, My end I had to rivet. In their vicissitudes, I gave them succour, Time I spent endlessly, Hearkening to their tune of sorrow. Countless tasks I endured, Only mulling over their well-being, As I relinquished every drop, From…

Jim Harrison died on this day in 2016 A poet technically is supposed to be a “thief of fire” but as easily as anyone else he becomes a working stiff who drinks too much on late Friday afternoons. — Jim Harrison Shirtless and disheveled with his one bad eye glazed…

An ode to a changing L.A. by Hollywood’s “It Girl” I wanted to take an artsy photo of the book, but I realized I read an ebook. The first time I’ve ever read anything of Eve Babitz, or I’ve ever heard of her, even, was in 2020, when the whole…

Opinion | By Brandon Williams Introduction: In an age where information is at our fingertips, the idea of banning books might seem archaic and obsolete. And yet, the practice of restricting access to literature continues to rear its ugly head in various parts of the world. The dangers of banning…

How Great Literature Can Change Us Great literature has always been the soul of the humanities and can open us up to different ways of looking at ourselves and the world by giving us new eyes to understand what we thought we understood until we realized that we didn’t understand…