Big thanks to Gene for scanning in this beauty:Yes, it’s the iron-on patch from the soundtrack album for the Apple film Son of Dracula, starring Harry Nilsson and, as Merlin, Ringo Starr. Thanks to the internet, I finally got a copy of the film some time back. It’s not good (shock! horror!), but I have…
Category: grumbling
How to Survive Moving
Don’t do it…
You want fries with that MFA?
I’m not much on the same page with the Atlantic (or anybody else; what can I say? I’m cranky), but I have to say I was nodding my head through this piece by B. R. Myers about yet another inexplicably celebrated MFA-style writer. To be fair, I’ve not read anything by him, but I’m not…
What’s a-matter, short story?
Stephen King has a column in the NYTimes book review today about the state of the short story (you might also want to check out Tom Friedman’s scathing column, an excellent read). While King can always make me cringe with his crudeness, he’s put his finger on a serious problem: bad writing. Much of it,…
K. A. Laity 