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Friday, April 26, 2013
The Mysterious Life & Fabulous Wake of Fallon McPhael, Greatest Writer in the History of Chicago
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Who, you ask, was Fallon McPhael? What murky details have emerged about his scandal-riddern life in literature? Is it true what they...
Thursday, April 25, 2013
In Chicago, One Night Only! The Wake of Fallon McPhael!
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Come one, come all, to the wake of Fallon McPhael, Chicago's most important non-existent writer! On May 4th, at 7:00 pm in The Cha...
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Who is a Contemporary Poet?: Giorgio Agamben and the Meaning of the Present
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What does it mean to be a contemporary poet? I used to take a plodding, commonsensical view of the question — which led me to a litt...
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Friday, April 19, 2013
The (Old) Medium is the Message: Interpreting the Boston Bombing Spectacle
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When I turned on my television today, Marshall McLuhan’s famous saying “the medium is the message” hit me with the full force of a newspape...
Thursday, March 14, 2013
The Poet Resigns: Now It's Out—Here's What's In It
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Since I've already done an official book signing at the AWP conference in Boston, I imagine it's time to officially announce the...
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