It’s Memorial Day here in the US, and as we observe with humbled gratitude the sacrifices our armed forces have made for our freedom, I’m also hoping for peace.
School is out. It was a horribly challenging semester in some ways, but it ended really well.
Happy summer.
This song and video from my youth popped across my desktop last week for literally no good reason, and now it has been stuck in my head for five days. Good luck with it.
Now that National Poetry Month is over, Monday Earworms shall generally resume.
All that stands between me and final exams are 41 papers I need to grade. I have six days to get them done. Then finals, then summer.
Enjoy some Franz Ferdinand.
So if you’ve been around here for long, you know that I am occasionally a guest on the LivingArt show on KPFT, Houston’s Pacifica radio station. Two weeks ago my cousin Justin and I were interviewed about our poetry, and tonight I had the chance to be a co-host on the show. I interviewed Anthony Suber, who is a visual artist and art teacher here in Houston; he has also been showing his paintings and sculptures for a long time — including internationally. He does fantastic work, sometimes multi-media, and engages really thoughtfully with culture and current social issues through his art. It’s excellent stuff, and he’s excellent, too.
If you’d like to hear the broadcasts, it will be up in the archives for a few more weeks. Click on April 25th to hear Justin and me, and click on May 9th for the interview with Anthony.
And watch this space: I just might start co-hosting there now and then. It’s fun and — surprisingly — not nearly as difficult as I thought it would be. I’m grateful to Bucky Rea and Mike McGuire and Mike Woodson for the opportunity to be a part of it!
Sappho's Torque 