Traditional Polynesian Tattooing
Adrienne L. Kaeppler, author of The Pacfic Arts of Polynesia and Micronesia, tells us a little about traditional Polynesian tattooing
Oslo, Norway
Ben’s Place of the Week is Oslo.
What We Failed To Do:
The George Steiner Prize
Philip Davis looks at chances lost…
Sundance: Art, Politics, Business in the Slush
In the post below Pat Aufderheide reports back from Sundance.
Prophecies: Right Here, Right Now
John Brehm shares a poem on the blog.
I Was Brodsky’s Minder
Davis remembers Brodsky.
What is a Funion?
Idris Goodwin poses an excellent questions, “What is they feeding our kids?”
Park Guell
I spent one of the best days of my life in Park Guell in Barcelona. It was the end of a long trip and my companion and I were tired. We came to the park from the back, riding a series of escalators up to the park’s highest point, before wandering slowly towards the largest bench I have ever seen.
Email as literature?
Is the Internet good for literature? On first glance, it seems so. Between internet forums, blogs, messages and emails, nearly everyone is writing, and reading, certainly more than we did just a few years ago, when the ubiquity of television and the telephone seemed to be making literacy obsolete.
Molière Media
A podcast of James Monaco and Laurent Tirard talking about Moliere.
Dan Ozzi, Chuck Close and
The Oxford Dictionary of American Art and Artists
Dan Ozzi looks at Chuck Close.
Lives Across The Pond: Sam Wanamaker
This month we feature the actor and director Sam Wanamaker, born in Chicago on 14 June 1919 and best known in Britain as the inspiration behind London’s Globe Theatre.
Museum Mile: Metropolitian Museum of Art
One more reason why we love NYC.
Making BEA Beautiful
An Origami lesson.
Creating Black Americans
Nell Painter, author of Creating Black Americans: African-American History & Its Meanings, 1619 to the Present was a winner of the 22nd annual Myers Outstanding Book Awards.
National Poetry Month: [Untitled Untangled]
Farewell poetry month! Till we meet again next year here is a poem to ponder by David Acevedo.