September 2009
1 post
May 2009
1 post
How I Got Over (Mono)
The above song title, by Mahalia Jackson, just came up on Pandora, and I thought, “Mahalia Jackson has a song about mononucleosis?”
April 2009
1 post
March 2009
5 posts
“If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the...”
– Ecc. 11:3
Pragmatism
“When a young man first conceives the notion that the whole world forms one great fact, with all its parts moving abreast, as it were, and interlocked, he feels as if he were enjoying a great insight, and looks superciliously on all who still fall short of this sublime conception.”
—William James
There go my twenties!
One more book review. →
This one mentions my father.
Reading Wednesday →
January 2009
2 posts
Zantzinger stayed away from the media after being... →
I am in the Nation! →
or rather, strictly, on thenation.com. But what the hell.
November 2008
1 post
October 2008
4 posts
WatchMotherfuckers!
I'm hilarious! →
Hey! It's another book I didn't particularly care... →
September 2008
5 posts
Primitive New Art! →
I read this as “Scientists Discover Bizarre Primitive Art.” I was a little disappointed when I clicked the headline, but I guess the ant’s pretty good, too.
New story →
The world in a nutshell →
Too good to be true? →
August 2008
6 posts
Automatic Diagrams →
Internet Magic! →
I’ve decided to start still another blog on Wordpress. That one will be for original material—fiction, memoir, New York scenes, and blistering indictments of running dog collaborators. I will continue to serialize “The Ballad of Alex Matthews & Lily Daw” on Blogspot, and post links to popular muppet gangster rap videos here.
Mswati III Makes the Swine List! →
Names on the Land →
You're standing on my foot →
July 2008
3 posts
Fuck you, clown! →
Clearly tumblr has failed to engage my interest… .
The BOTTOM of the HARBOR →
June 2008
2 posts
Farewell Navigator →
An item about Poets House and some famous guy →
May 2008
5 posts
I Write a Gossip Item! →
April 2008
12 posts
I review a perfect book! →
Blow Her Away With This! →
Schwartzberg Blogs Again! →
I Write About Pigs' Feet →
Tales of Rabbi Shmelke of Gowanus
When Rabbi Shmelke was a little boy, a local peasant gave him a toy soldier that he became very attached to. But Shmelke’s grandfather, Rabbi Itchy of Borough Park, did not think this was an appropriate toy and took it away from him. When Shmelke missed it, Rabbi Itchy told him that the soldier had died. After this, Shmelke would often ask Rabbi Itchy whether his toy soldier would be...
MLK, Jr.'s 1967 Speech on Vietnam →
“Let Me Die in my Footsteps,” sung by...
This week's Observer haiku
DELICATE HAIKU DO NOT THRIVE UNDER DEADLINE: NO HAIKU THIS WEEK
Buñuelos in the Observer →
SWINE! →
Oh, those dirty bastards.
March 2008
31 posts
Schwartzberg Blogs! →
Book Review! →