I know, I’m all jail all the time these days. Even on vacation. I went to Alcatraz–what better way to amuse myeslf on my vacation from real life and my real life vocation of teaching at a creepy jail than to visit a defunct, creepy jail? The park had a charming exhibit about [...]
I’ve been reading and hearing a lot–a surprisingly big lot given that I’m not really seeking it out–about copyright and how it’s fussing up appropriation and collage in artists’ creation of art–you know, how our modern laws are making art harder to make or at least more fraught with threat of legal action. [...]
Daylight Savings Time came early this year, and it had next to no bearing on my life, seeing as how I use a Mac and these kinds of things are taken care of for me. But this weekend was the first volley over the bow of winter, and there was sun when I came home [...]
Turns out running Right to Write, Sarah Lawrence College’s prison writing initiative, at full tilt is a bit of a job. Writing about the experience while concurrently running the program at full tilt is turning out to be a questionable pursuit, but I’m entrenched in both already. So, damn.
In response to the [...]
In a move that will teach us to not hang out with each other, Sarah went out with two young ladies that she works with at school, and I went to the mexican restaurant in Bronxville where they have $4 margartas and free nachos during happy hour. Sarah ate decent burritos and drank decent margaritas [...]
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