Art Essays
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Art Reaction: Leroi Jones and His Family, Bob Thompson, 1964
Babylon Revisited was the first poem I ever memorized, and loved, and could recite at will. It was horrible /bile- full but the words were beautiful. They flowed from a mouth. Impossible to speak them gentle or slow, so many near-rhymes and walls and spits.
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Recent Posters: OK and AR
Here’s a look at the posters I’ve picked up in the last week: Bought this at the Hot Springs Mountain Tower. S-L and I had a spa thingy at this place on our 7th wedding anniversary.
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24 Hours in Bentonville for Valentines Day
Last Wednesday I spent 24 hours in Bentonville, Arkansas with my Valentine, Shawn-Laree. Following is a suggested romantic program for any day you choose in this part of the world. After landing at Northwest Regional Arkansas airport, we rented a Dodge Durango and drove 20 minutes into downtown Bentonville to Pressroom. This is a…
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The Glories of the Chicago Art Book Fair
On Thursday and Friday I went to the first Chicago Art Book Fair, which is “dedicated to showcasing emerging directions and diverse legacies within small press arts publishing. The fair features an international group of over 100 arts publishers, small presses, book artists, comics artists, zinemakers and printmakers”. It was a great atmosphere— a classic…
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Field Trip!
One of the great joys of parenting is chaperoning field trips. I have never passed one up that has been offered to me. Sometimes the opportunities are hidden, tbh— parents and teachers collude to fill the slots before publishing them widely 🙂 So the key is to watch those calendars, religiously read the slips that…