I really love the idea of the Amazon Kindle. It would be so fabulous to take my entire library and make it electronic so that I only have to carry a small object and maybe a portable hard drive when I travel. When I flew in to Houston for the summer, I had three suitcases full of books -- all works I'm referencing or considering or dealing with in ( Read more... )

Some interesting discussion of "Twilight" and BDSM on faustfatale's blog.

Here's a link: http://faustfatale.livejournal.com/219666.html?view=845330&style=mine#t845330 . The previous two entries have lively comments sections.

So, I just watched a few trailers for "The Vampire Diaries" and I must say that I am intrigued.

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Poet Craig Arnold, a very good poet and a kind person, has gone missing in Japan near a volcano. They're searching for him, but are hoping that support from the US will aid in continuing the search beyond today, the third and last required day of the search. If you have a moment, please contact your local congressperson or representative and ask ( Read more... )

The 2005 film compilation "Shakespeare Retold" is definitely worth watching. In particular, "Taming of the Shrew" was absolutely hilarious!

Today, I got to meet Brenda Hillman. I rather love her poems and, so, this was a treat.

I met Adrienne Rich, today. She gave a reading last night at the Doheny Special Collections room and today she held a Q&A/Conversation with about 20 people in the Ide Room at USC. She's quite remarkable. I liked hearing what she had to say about poetry, the writing life, and the public and private spheres ( Read more... )

HD is one of my favorite poets of all time. There's something about her poems that just resonates between the different layers of sound sense and vision sense as unconcealedly true. Last night, I started rereading "Red Roses For Bronze" -- see, doesn't just the title seduce you? -- and felt so alive and energized. Before I knew it, it was 3am! A ( Read more... )

I'm doing a poetry reading on 11/13 as a part of The Loudest Voice Reading Series at the Mountain Bar in Chinatown, Los Angeles. There will be four other readers. Looking forward to it! Please attend if you're in town.

According to recent satellite imaging, it looks like my sister's house is still standing. It's probably not in good condition though. No way to tell until people are allowed back onto the Island t assess damage ( Read more... )