Monthly Archives: March 2007

My Editorial Cartoon

Posted on March 14, 2007 by ubu507

While I was walking to work I saw a picture of Ann Coulter’s face and had this inspiration for a cartoon: Hitler’s speaking to a mostly appreciative crowd – there are a few protestors – in the foreground one burgher … Continue reading →

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Dorothy Hughes’s DREAD JOURNEY

Posted on March 13, 2007 by ubu507

One of the authors who was passing through sort of semi-promised me the chance to write a brief essay on DOROTHY HUGHES for an anthology of female hard boiled writing she’s involved in. Like most of my literary prospects it … Continue reading →

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Poetry week’s dramatic conclusion: Nightjar

Posted on March 10, 2007 by ubu507

The thrilling conclusion to poetry week!   Nightjar   Foxed by her Askew movement The cupped possibility That beneath warm sheets Rises playfully up In her parents’ room Hinting that our old license Has not wholly expired And still I yearn … Continue reading →

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Poetry week continues with MONKEY

Posted on March 9, 2007 by ubu507

aren’t you excited! nothing boots the ratings like poetry!     Monkey   Impossible to anticipate The limits of what we Can know by reason Are narrow the Lammas eve of many Modern instances The word of the enigma The … Continue reading →

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Purple

Posted on March 6, 2007 by ubu507

Purple   Lying on the beach Like an hourglass Out of heaven Cast down in Undoubted splendor The slouching goddess Garmented in light Paler yet there Her all too evident maturity Concealed in dead silence Delusive delicious daring As contemptuously … Continue reading →

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Annals of Crime: Take This Job and Shove it!

Posted on March 3, 2007 by ubu507

CRIME BEAT Fired woman assaults co-workers A 21-year-old Ann Arbor woman who was fired from her job Wednesday is accused of slapping her boss and putting another employee’s face through a computer screen, Ann Arbor police said. The woman worked … Continue reading →

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