Audio: Raymond Carver reads “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love”
Here’s an audio recording of Raymond Carver reading his most famous story, “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love.” Taped in a Palo Alto hotel room in 1983 … Continue reading
Doug Anderson: A Spiritual Practice
The word “spiritual” is problematic and yet we use it as a place holder for those things as yet untouched by metaphysics, and I dare say untouchable, or those things … Continue reading
Ace Boggess: Like All Petitioners He Must Wait
“…Like All Petitioners He Must Wait (How Many Cups of Coffee in an Hour?)” —William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch Waiting for a screwdriver, I sit at the counter sipping … Continue reading
Jose Padua: The Bartertown Ball
When I got into Washington my friend Eddie met me at the train station and took me directly to Neal’s. Neal had drafted Eddie to be the master of ceremonies, … Continue reading
Jose Padua: Why Drunken Poets Need to Procreate
If it were somehow obligatory that I sum up my existence with a single sentence—or perhaps with just a phrase and a simple image—I’d be at a loss. I would, … Continue reading
