Matt Mullin

So this was at the Yankee’s game tonight. America’s...

Wed, 15 May 2013 22:01:48 -0400

So this was at the Yankee’s game tonight. America’s Marketers: Have They Gone Too Far?

A lost journal of W. H. Auden, one of three that the poet is known to have kept, has recently been discovered.

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:54:46 -0400

A lost journal of W. H. Auden, one of three that the poet is known to have kept, has recently been discovered.:

This is an excellent opportunity to remind y’all that if you haven’t read the author of “In Praise of Limestone,” who once said “To some degree every American poet feels that whole responsibility for contemporary poetry has fallen upon his shoulders, that he is a literary aristocracy of one,” you need to get on it stat.

Cormac McCarthy Flaunts Sexy New Beach Body

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:48:00 -0400

Cormac McCarthy Flaunts Sexy New Beach Body

Seems legit.

Fri, 10 May 2013 10:18:02 -0400

Seems legit.

Currently re-reading.

Sun, 05 May 2013 17:24:35 -0400

Currently re-reading.

Burn Your House Down: A Guide on Freedom from Material Posessions

Sun, 05 May 2013 17:18:21 -0400

briennewalsh:

The solution to consumerism, I’ve come to realize, lies not in art, or in personal decisions, or a lack of money. It has to do with burning your house down.
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Wikipedia says that a Kicker is “a closing paragraph of the story which summarizes the key point and may contain a call-to-action.” Ladies and gentlemen, you have your call-to-action of the day.

"Carnie moved back to her shoulder and buried his head into her thin hair, almost as if he was taking..."

Sun, 05 May 2013 16:23:00 -0400

“

Carnie moved back to her shoulder and buried his head into her thin hair, almost as if he was taking her in, making a memory. It occured to me that with her voice inside of him he would always have more of her to remember.

You don’t want to keep these? I asked, giving her a second chance on a box of photographs.

My heart, she’d said. I can turn it off.

For years, I’d believed her.

But I know the truth now. What maniacs we are––sick with love, all of us.

”

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From “Housewifely Arts” by Megan Mayhew Bergman in Birds of a Lesser Paradise.

Do you like sentences? This book has many of them and they are all excellent.

chrismohney: What is this [notices wife has loaded dishwasher in a new way] well I’m going to keep...

Sat, 04 May 2013 22:18:06 -0400

chrismohney:

What is this [notices wife has loaded dishwasher in a new way] well I’m going to keep doing it the old way [stares off across imaginary misty moonlit moors] The old ways are best

This is pretty much how you do chores with roommates.

From "Androgyne"

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 20:41:00 -0400

“I will tell you, Androgyne, what I learned today
about the sublime. It’s that moment
when a compound changes
from one state to another. It’s chemistry.
All lovers know it’s chemistry,
not physics, that makes the world go round.”

I have three beers in the fridge and an incredible book of Stephen Dunn poetry on my ereader so happy Sunday y’all.

For What Binds Us

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:52:00 -0400

There are names for what binds us:
strong forces, weak forces.
Look around, you can see them:
the skin that forms in a half-empty cup,
nails rusting into the places they join,
joints dovetailed on their own weight.
The way things stay so solidly
wherever they’ve been set down—
and gravity, scientists say, is weak.

And see how the flesh grows back
across a wound, with a great vehemence,
more strong
than the simple, untested surface before.
There’s a name for it on horses,
when it comes back darker and raised: proud flesh,

as all flesh
is proud of its wounds, wears them
as honors given out after battle,
small triumphs pinned to the chest—

And when two people have loved each other
see how it is like a
scar between their bodies,
stronger, darker, and proud;
how the black cord makes of them a single fabric
that nothing can tear or mend.

-Jane Hirshfield

This poem was in the Writer’s Almanac earlier this week, and I’ve probably gone back to it a dozen times. Damn Jane. Damn.

This one is great.

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:53:26 -0400

This one is great.

"The shortest reading I ever gave in my life, even though I was specifically told that they expected..."

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:05:19 -0400

“The shortest reading I ever gave in my life, even though I was specifically told that they expected a full hour from me, was due to factors which, as far as I was concerned, were beyond my control. It was the night of an important NBA playoff game between the Knicks and the Celtics, and I made the calculation that I had to be back in my motel room exactly thirty minutes after watching the end of the first quarter to be in time to see the fourth, and was, leaving my hosts and my audience visibly shocked.”

- Never change, Charles Simic.

drinkyourjuice: Just wondering who writes the copy for these...

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 21:41:05 -0400

drinkyourjuice:

Just wondering who writes the copy for these MTA posters and if they realize they’re prompting me to alert a train in the event of an emergency.

Grammar!

I bought only one thing in London: an old Barrie & Jones...

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 18:08:00 -0400

I bought only one thing in London: an old Barrie & Jones edition of Much Obliged Jeeves.

It’s worth it just for this P.G. Wodehouse author photo.

My roommate is watching “Paris Is Burning” and “How to Survive a Plague”...

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 19:19:15 -0400

My roommate is watching “Paris Is Burning” and “How to Survive a Plague” back to back right now and I’m super disappointed that I have a flight to catch and I’m going to miss a good Friday night crying jag.

"Defendants acknowledge and believe it is unfortunate that, during the course of clearing Zuccotti..."

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:25:59 -0400

“Defendants acknowledge and believe it is unfortunate that, during the course of clearing Zuccotti Park on November 15, 2011, books were damaged so as to render them unusable, and additional books are unaccounted for. Defendants further acknowledge and believe it unfortunate that certain library furnishings and equipment likewise were damaged so as to render them unusable, and other library furnishings and equipment may be unaccounted for. Plaintiffs and Defendants recognize that when a person’s property is removed from the city it is important that the City exercise due care and adhere to established procedures in order to protect legal rights of the property owners.”

- City Settles Lawsuit Over The Destruction of the Occupy Wall Street Library

booksmatter: Poem by Dorothea Lasky, art by Kaori Mitsushima....

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:53:47 -0400

booksmatter:

Poem by Dorothea Lasky, art by Kaori Mitsushima. From their collaboration The Blue Teratorn, a webBook from YesYes Books.

"A train was only one of many analogies used to describe ReDigi’s service. At oral argument, the..."

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 11:57:15 -0400

“A train was only one of many analogies used to describe ReDigi’s service. At oral argument, the device was likened to the Star Trek transporter – “Beam me up, Scotty” – and Willy Wonka’s teleportation device, Wonkavision. (Tr., dated Oct. 5, 2012 (“Tr.”), 10:2-12; 28:15-20.)”

- from the United States District Court Southern District of New York Ruling in Capitol Records versus ReDigi, which found in favor of Capitol Records.

New pair of penny loafers gets me one step closer to my goal of...

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 17:02:46 -0400

New pair of penny loafers gets me one step closer to my goal of dressing like a grandpa.

I know I’m posting it a few days late, but this is the...

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 21:45:16 -0400

I know I’m posting it a few days late, but this is the best email newsletter subject line I’ve ever seen.