10 Things Every Art Punk Kid Should Experience In Paris

A rough guide for the Art Punks. The New Yorkers that crawled from their LES dives and went abroad. The Bohemian Non-French People of the world. The Outsiders. This is a list for you. Continue reading →

Touch Me. Feel Me. Stories That Want Your Touch: An Interview With Joel Golombeck of Rocket Chair Media

When I met Joel Golombeck, of Rocket Chair Media, last year at a literary happy hour, I was intrigued to hear about his apps for the Ipad. Not only are they grounded in literature, but they are also grounded in the art of storytelling. I was wary at first, and here comes a confession – … Continue reading →

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: Summer Hirtzel, A Poet On The Run

Summer Hirtzel: Traveler. She’s also a fantastic artist. Born in the valley of Northern California, this Hampshire College alum started feeling restless in her adopted hometown of Amherst, Massachusetts after her fifth year. She bravely shifted gears, uprooted, and took on the lifestyle of a traveler, seeking inspiration. She’s a poet. A student of art … Continue reading →

[ART] The Stone Words | Notes On Les Mots & The Closing Of Antoine Lefebvre’s Residency

Lefebvre’s engagement with the meaningless–his put-to-bed of words by scrawled repetition–occurs at a new fault line of eroticism. His void space is sacred space. He is carving out a place not only for the absence of meaning but a fertile site for its resurrection. Continue reading →

“Thought Is More Important Than Art” – Looking Back On Amiri Baraka

“Thought is more important than art. To revere art and have no understanding of the process that forces it into existence, is finally not even to understand what art is.” Continue reading →

Am I A Real Writer Now?

Although I went to school for writing, ran a literary magazine at my college, and graduated with a BFA and a collection of short stories under my belt, I have always been hesitant to call myself a “writer.” If I ever did mention that I write, it was along with many qualifications… “I’m an executive … Continue reading →

Get Heated: Sex, Fantasy & Horror Reads

Now that the festivities have come to end and the year has just begun it’s time to get our reading caps on. Winter is a good time to build upon our literary arsenal. With the right books we can provide our own warmth and generate heat to move us forward, take us into new realms, … Continue reading →

‘Twerk, Miley, Miley, Twerk’: How Miley Cyrus Criticism Reveals Our Fear Of The Power Of Women’s Bodies

The real cultural issue here is that we fear the power of the female form so much that we think it blinds us from everything else a woman can embody. Continue reading →

[INTERVIEW] Stormy Leather: The Naked Girl of Burlesque

I’m a girl. I’m a woman. I’m proud of that, regardless of how difficult our society makes it. I like gender bending because I have a masculine side that I like to get out and express. I don’t want to be a man but I enjoy acting like one sometimes. Continue reading →

It’s Not Dead Yet: Christmas With Asheville’s Architectural Gems

My new favorite city is Asheville, NC for its food, architecture and, evidently, more food. Continue reading →

[LIT] In Conversation With Writer Sarah Gerard

“It takes a ‘certain’ kind of woman to show her breasts. Nobody half decent would bother with such an exhibition…” Continue reading →

[LIT]My Monomania: Fork Burke

I think it’s safe to say Fork Burke is one of my muses. Continue reading →

Balthus: Cats And Girls; Paintings And Provocations At The Met

Bathus: Cats and Girls at the Metropolitan Museum of Art open until January 12, 2014. Curator Sabine Rewald presents thirty-five of the modernist Polish-French artist’s works from the 1930s-1950s.  The most arresting works in this exhibition are comprised of Balthus’ numerous  portraits of his sitter-muse, the adolescent Thérèse. As invoked by the additional subtitle, paintings … Continue reading →

[LIT] Nostalgia And Validation: A Review of Sari Botton’s Goodbye To All That

A very smart friend gifted me this book for Christmas. It was the perfect gift, because I am a writer and I loved and left New York, and also, unbeknownst to my friend, I had read about the book in an upstate magazine months earlier and put it on my mental “to-read” list. The basics: … Continue reading →

6 Modern Boy/Girl Duets That Are Totally Worth Your While

Let’s go a step beyond the ever-loved Moldy Peaches song, “Anybody Else But You,” and take a peek at other duets of the past decade. Long gone are the days of schmaltzy love songs (thankfully). That said, boy/girl duets are still very popular. Below are tracks that ought to be recognized for how sincere, open, and relatable they are. Much appreciation for the modern twist of the classic song style. Continue reading →