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Epigraph of the Month: Scott Fitzgerald’s for “The Great Gatsby”
“Then wear the gold hat, if that will move her; If you can bounce high, bounce for her too, Till she cry ‘Lover, gold-hatted, high-bouncing lover, I must have you!’” -Thomas Parke D’Invilliers (a…
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The Book of my Enemy Has Been Remaindered [by Clive James, 1939-2019]
The book of my enemy has been remainderedAnd I am pleased.In vast quantities it has been remainderedLike a van-load of counterfeit that has been seizedAnd sits in piles in a police warehouse,My enemy's much-prized…
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Who is Emily Post-Avant, and What Tickles Her Catastrophe About “Borges, Scary Coins, Spanish Grammar, Homophones”? [By Molly Arden]
"Etiquette and poetry go together like salami and eggs used to before the cholesterol craze. What we need is an authority to adjudicate — an Emily Post, if you will." — Noah Herzog Lo…
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A Brief Digression on Critics and Cops [by David Lehman]
Why do award committees pin the tail on the horse’s ass? Because award committees combine a universal truth (“everyone’s a critic”) with an old punch line (“the committee in charge of designing a horse came…
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The Best Thanksgiving Ever [by Jennifer L. Knox]
Jennifer L. Knox: The Best Thanksgiving Ever After the meal, Sandy decided we should spice up charadesby slapping the loser’s butt with a ping-pong paddle.Whenever Ed got slapped, he farted because he was so…
