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Culture Archive
The Anxieties of X-treme Winter
Posted on February 3, 2011 | 2 CommentsIt used to be that the weather was just the weather, to be enjoyed or complained about depending on how much it affected your occupation or vacation plans.
No Innocent Man (Part 3): Femme Noir Fiction
Posted on January 31, 2011 | 1 CommentOn the tube, a too-handsome kid with a mic in his face was saying, “I think Mason is the smoothest rider in freestyle. I think his grabs are his strong...
No Innocent Man (Part 2): Femme Noir Fiction
Posted on January 28, 2011 | 2 CommentsThe model had disappeared into the bathroom with her bags of panties and pushup bras and five-inch heels. He liked his models with a little meat on them, but it took careful arranging to make things smooth. He could see why the fashion ran towards rail thin. With a skeleton, you never had to worry about a sexy swell of flesh bulging against a garter, messing up the clean lines of a shot. But he enjoyed the challenge.
No Innocent Man: Femme Noir Fiction (Part 1)
Posted on January 27, 2011 | 1 CommentThe bullet hit Mr. Natz in the center of his chest. Gorgeous and Thompson caught the well-dressed Natz as he fell, pushing him backwards into the open trunk of the Lincoln, already lined with plastic. Gorgeous had to give Natz’s inflexible legs a shove to double them back onto his chest. A gurgle came from inside the trunk as Roxy tucked the revolver into the waistband of her swing costume. With the gun tight against the small of her back, she stepped forward to slam the trunk closed, giving its shiny metal surface an affectionate pat before turning on her heels.
Toddlers and Tiaras
Posted on January 25, 2011 | 7 CommentsSpray tans, heavy makeup, false eyelashes, hair pieces, choreographed dance routines, fake teeth, temper tantrums and entangled mother/child relationships characterize TLC’s Toddlers and Tiaras, an addictive reality show about child beauty...
A New Take On The Gothic Novel
Posted on January 21, 2011 | 2 CommentsBrian McGreevy recently sold his first novel “Hemlock Grove,” a revisionist gothic which explores the nature of monstrosity. McGreevy, who shows proper disdain for the supernatural teen craze led by the...
On Writing: The Hunchers, the Librarians and War
Posted on January 20, 2011 | No CommentsThe enduring conceptions of what we nowadays call the “writing process” come from two camps: the Ugly Hunchers and the Mincing Librarians. Hunchers are characterized not only by their grotesque...
Adventures of a Young Man: The First Good-Bye
Posted on January 19, 2011 | No Comments“Your children are not your children. They come not from you but through you for they are but the sons and daughters of life’s longing for itself.” – Gibran Ma...![<p>[caption id="attachment_8503" align="alignleft" width="640" caption="Poet Jardine Ravine Libaire reads in front of Sam Baker's paintings."]<a href="http://www.dogcanyon.org/wp-content/uploads//2011/01/samspaintings.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-8503" title="sam'spaintings" src="http://www.dogcanyon.org/wp-content/uploads//2011/01/samspaintings.jpg" alt="Poet Jardine Ravine Libaire reads in fro" width="640" height="640" /></a>[/caption]</p>](http://www.dogcanyon.org/wp-content/uploads//2011/01/samspaintings1.jpg "Musician Sam Baker Makes Visual Art Debut")
Musician Sam Baker Makes Visual Art Debut
Posted on January 14, 2011 | No Comments[caption id="attachment_8503" align="alignleft" width="640" caption="Poet Jardine Ravine Libaire reads in front of Sam Baker's paintings."]
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“If She Opened Her Eyes, Maybe We Can, Too.”
Posted on January 12, 2011 | 8 CommentsIf she opened her eyes, maybe we can, too. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy, director of the Interfaith Alliance said that on Rachel Maddow. He was speaking about the remarkable moment...