This Week's Writing 7/27/24
I published a book of poetry! Also
Thanks to all of you who ordered by book, Not Akhmatova! If you didn’t order it, why not?! It’s poetry! Everybody loves poetry, right!? (The cat looks at me skeptically.)
Also! If you have read my book, consider writing an Amazon review? They are very helpful.
Okay, this is what I published this week!
If you read one thing by me this week:
My new book of poetry, Not Akhmatova is out! Did I mention that? (EIH)
Politics
Why Harris can win. (Public Notice)
J.D. Vance’s hatred of cat ladies is eugenics. (EIH)
I was wrong about Biden dropping out. (EIH)
Cultural Criticism
Men in Robert Altman’s 3 Women. (EIH)
The Last Breath shows that the worst shark attack movies are the best shark attack movies. (Chicago Reader)
Locrian’s experimental noise metal will not cease. (Chicago Reader)
Poetry
Little art appreciation poem. (Five Fleas)
A Very Serious Gallery
The sign outside says
you are not welcome
if you are a Bon Jovi fan.I will admit
I don’t like Bon Jovi much.
But now I wish I did.
I wrote several poems to celebrate my book release. (EIH)
Those are fighting words. Bon Jovi is a New Jersey icon! We have a rest area on the Parkway named after him. He opened a pay-what-you-wish restaurant where if you have no money you can eat for free. He goes over there and washes dishes!
Your poem reminds me of living in the Bay Area when my son, Levi, was around 10 years old. We went to a lot of art galleries, and the vast majority of them were welcoming to our family. There was only one that was outwardly rude about having a child (how dare we) in their sanctified space. (For the record, he just looked at stuff and asked questions. He wasn’t a tear-around-the-place type of kid.) I’m not a Bon Jovi fan either, but I’ll make an exception for uppity types.