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Lina Wertmüller, August 14, 1928 – December 9, 2021
Tracy Danison, who writes for us from Paris, e-mailed me last week with the news that Lina Wertmüller, the award winning director, had died in Rome, at 93. Together we had seen a series…
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Upon First Viewing “”Ball of Fire” [by Stephen Kampa, with commentary from Mary Jo Salter]
<<< Stephen Kampa writes brilliantly about the movies, and his favorite period seems to be the Forties. He loves the lingo—the “vah-vah-voom!”—and the flirtatious, but not explicit, sexuality. Here’s his tribute to Barbara Stanwyck…
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Upon First Viewing “”Ball of Fire” [by Stephen Kampa, with commentary from Mary Jo Salter]
<<< Stephen Kampa writes brilliantly about the movies, and his favorite period seems to be the Forties. He loves the lingo—the “vah-vah-voom!”—and the flirtatious, but not explicit, sexuality. Here’s his tribute to Barbara Stanwyck…
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Conversing on Kinship [by Cara Benson]
Benson converses with Kinship co-editors Gavin Van Horn, Robin Wall Kimmerer, and John Hausdoerffer Fellow earthlings! If you're anything like me you need a boost of connection on a daily basis. I have just…
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Conversing on Kinship [by Cara Benson]
Benson converses with Kinship co-editors Gavin Van Horn, Robin Wall Kimmerer, and John Hausdoerffer Fellow earthlings! If you're anything like me you need a boost of connection on a daily basis. I have just…
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“PSA for the NRA” [by Stephen Kampa, with commentary from Mary Jo Salter]
<< A number of Stephen Kampa’s recent poems dare to look straight at our culture’s complacency about gun violence, and especially our inability to protect children’s lives. Kampa’s poem “PSA for the NRA” (that…
