On The Poetry Section: 'The Last Critique,' by Josh Bell

I am glad there is now a poetry section.

Posted on November 19, 2009 at 3:31 pm 0

On Literary Vices, with Rudolph Delson: Spiro Agnew, NSFW

I offer this consolation:

www.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/books/24cheney.html

Posted on November 13, 2009 at 1:51 pm 0

On Literary Vices, with Rudolph Delson: The Literary Career of George H. W. Bush

See below. I meant to reply to you, and was thwarted.

Posted on November 6, 2009 at 4:11 pm 0

On Literary Vices, with Rudolph Delson: The Literary Career of George H. W. Bush

Can you call me "Rudy"?

This reminds me of the moment in my high-school German class when our teacher, explaining the difference between "Sie" and "Du," said that if you ever heard one business colleague refer to another as "Du," you knew it meant they had slept together. Our teacher said it ... and everyone paused, considering the way that sex had just transgressed our chaste high-school foreign language experience.

But yes, you can call me "Rudy."

Posted on November 6, 2009 at 3:45 pm 0

On Literary Vices, with Rudolph Delson: 'Ferraro: My Story'

Thanks for the comment, S.H. Did she really say that? My memory of the blow-up last year is basically as summarized over at wikipedia ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geraldine_Ferraro#2008_presidential_campaign_involvement

Posted on October 8, 2009 at 10:36 pm 0