New favorite internet discovery: Douglas Wolk’s Mincing Up the Morning, which he describes as “a daily blog where I post a couple of videos by musicians whose birthday is that day.” The duet between David Bowie and Cher is indescribable–must be seen to be believed. (Thanks, Anne.)
Sydney Pollack, Film Director, Is Dead at 73, New York Times
From Tootsie to Eyes Wide Shut, Michael Sragow, Salon
Sydney Pollack, 73; Oscar-winning director and producer, Los Angeles Times
“God forbid you should lose your standing as a cult failure.” YouTube
The current issue of the Massachusetts Review is especially queer and especially fetching, with contributions from Laylah Ali, Shelley Jackson, Eileen Myles, Frank Bidart, Lee Gordon, Marilyn Hacker, and many others.
From “Moments of Shared Glamour: A Conversation” by Gregg Bordowitz and Liza Johnson:
This constitutes amity. We confer and on this we agree:
All depends on […]
A review of Tobias Wolff’s collection Our Story Begins in Newsday: link.