Bites: David Lynch’s Birthday, Talking John Cheever, More MFA Discussion, and the Poe Toaster

Happy birthday Federico Fellini, David Lynch (above, obviously) and Leadbelly. Amy McDaniel talks about the pleasures of reading John Cheever over at HTMLGIANT. Josh Spilker weighs in on the writers needing an MFA topic that seems more popular than ever.  At least Josh has the good sense to use a Beavis & Butthead image to accompany his thoughts. The Awl asks the question we’re all sort of worrying about before we have to get back to worrying about bigger things: […]

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Poetry, Blues, and the Wrong Discussion

Interesting article over at The Daily Swarm about folk/blues singer Leadbelly’s lyrics as poetry: “I don`t know if it’s racism or plain old Aristotelian categorization that keeps that keeps Leadbelly`s driven, mad, wily lyrics out of the pantheon. Maybe it`s both, and snobbery to boot. I know Leadbelly himself probably could have been inspired to write something about it if the subject had been brought up.” The writer makes some great points, but fails to take into consideration that Leadbelly […]

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