image: Day at the Circus by Michael Cutlip
HEY! THIS IS WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT
by Richard Brautigan
For Jeff Sheppard
No publication
No money
No star
No fuck
A friend came over to the house
a few days ago and read one of my poems.
He came back today and asked to read the
same poem over again. After he finished
reading it, he said, “It makes me want
to write poetry.”
American Pest feels intensely familiar and specific, yet it reflects nothing from my highly partisan social media feeds. It feels like entering into an America that exists... but I’m seeing it as if under water or on some other plane of reality that I have never visited before.
This week's news includes: BMA acquires close to 150 new works, Carla Hayden hired by Mellon Foundation, Grandma Moses exhibition comes to SAAM, Harriet Tubman exhibition curated by Larry Poncho Brown, a breakup at Glenstone, Motor House raises funds to rebuild, and more!
Guerrilla Girls: Making Trouble is exactly the show we need right now.
Step into the kitchen at Chachi’s at Fadensonnen and it won’t feel like a rotisserie chicken restaurant as much as an ode to the craft of cooking.
