Like my mother-in-law’s cat Henry, I am peering into the future with some trepidation. But! Here’s what I published last week.
Politics
Newsom’s redistricting initiative is the rigth call. (Public Notice)
The left should consider Pritzker 28. (EIH)
Trump attacks religious freedom for federal workers. (Sojourner’s)
Cultural Criticism
Make Me Famous, about Ed Bezinski, shows how terribly we treat artists. (Observer.com)
An interview with Amran Gowani, author of the finance thriller Leverage. (EIH)
Toulouse-Lautrec, lonely man in crisis. (EIH)
Harryette Mullen bugs the New York School. (Splice Today)
Bring Her Back is a disappointment. (Splice Today)
Corporate espionage thriller Relay almost has something to say…and then not so much. (Chicago Reader)
James Baldwin, greatest movie critic ever. (EIH)
When Harry Met Sally, the worst romcom. (EIH)
Poetry
Evidence of reading too much Ogden Nash. (Five Fleas)
Trapped by cats on lap my thoughts must natter—
which of these two cats must be the cat-ter?
A poem about process.
To Do List
Write a poem.
I wish your analysis of Bring Her Back was longer. You had just gotten started on your typical longform deep dive and then it felt like the article ended abruptly. If you have further exposition, I'm keen because I was with you so far.
For myself, I felt that the film was really very anticlimactic but I couldn't explain why it didn't come together for me. You were starting to reveal more about that. I thought Talk to Me was superior in every way.