Dear friends of the Unreal -- it's SO very sunny outside today where I live, and there's SO Much self-satisfied punditry circulating that I feel a little ornery. Here's a link to my absolute favorite personal anti-hero, and a glimpse into her world. Vintage This piece appeared originally win NYCBigCityLit and I thank them so … Continue reading Storytime Sunday June 24, 2012 — dark and futurist (and slightly twisted)
Month: June 2012
Garbo Laughs Queer Blogathon 2012: Boys kissing Boys — Sunday Bloody Sunday, 1971, Dir. John Schlesinger
Of course I knew that boys did kiss. My grandparents had two male friends who had gone through a legal adoption process so that the one man could leave his much younger lover his inheritance. My grandparents were down and out Romanov aristocrats who had become dress designers and teachers. They had incredibly cool, creative friends … Continue reading Garbo Laughs Queer Blogathon 2012: Boys kissing Boys — Sunday Bloody Sunday, 1971, Dir. John Schlesinger
Magically Real Special Report: The last episodes of Battlestar Galactica or why we need different stories
Dear Magically Real -- A friend of a friend told me that you guys never watched the final episodes of BSG! I can't believe you did that! What the heck made you stop watching? Are you ever going to watch the end? Don't you want to KNOW what happens to Starbuck and Lee? Aren't you … Continue reading Magically Real Special Report: The last episodes of Battlestar Galactica or why we need different stories
Storytime Sunday, June 17th, 2012
Sometimes the most mesmerizing stories are the ones you can't find a way to tell. Here's one: Several attempts at the bus ride on the #16 1. At home with the world of things, with nuts and bolts of the world with wheels and brakes, with hammers, nails, with making things right. In his … Continue reading Storytime Sunday, June 17th, 2012
Storytime Sunday returns: 2 little tinies, June 10th
Dear friends of the unreal -- Our Spring hiatus is over! Storytime Sunday returns with two small strange tales. 1. A Sunday with the Relatives – for Barry Yourgrau My father appears in a shot glass. My mother appears in a cup of chocolate milk. The cheddar cheese descends from the bullet holes in the … Continue reading Storytime Sunday returns: 2 little tinies, June 10th
Stephanie Barbé Hammer Writing (Un) Real 