Dive into the archives.
- Finding poetry in the Craigslist’s M4M missing person section
In his critical essay “The Mundane, The Existential, and The Poetic” sociologist Rich Furman fervently advocates for the poetry of the commonplace. In his essay, Furman explores how verse pertaining to “mundane objects, mundane events, and mundane relationships” are perfect vehicles to explore existential notions of nothingness, authenticity, and the “I-thou” relationship.*
- Hilton Als on Michael Jackson
A brilliantly queer look at The King of Pop.
- Beauty, Beauty Everywhere! Finding poetry on your internet porn fan site
It was the great Greek poet Aeneas (or was it Donna Summers?) who said “Beauty is everywhere”. I’m always pursuing the sublime in the commonplace. Poetry is everywhere if you look for it. Search hard enough and the lyrical can be found almost anywhere.
- The Crypto Nazi vs. the Queer
n his sedate ABC studio, newsman Howard K. Smith asked noted WASP, conservative thinker, gin drinker, and National Review founder William F Buckley and intellectual, novelist, MSM,* and professional “bon mot” dispenser Gore Vidal to comment on the fracas in Grant Park.
