Klint and Quaytman
I spent an afternoon at the Guggenheim with Swedish artist Hilma af Klint’s abstract, spiritual collection, one she began creating in 1906.
writing
Shells
I have been calling it the shell of my book, but when I say the word shell I don’t mean an eggshell, where everything is neat, suspended, and contained within a thin, fragile layer, I mean the other kind of shell. A conch or maybe a broken piece of coral, where the elements can flow in one way and flow out another.
A reminder: always bring movement
Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 by Marcel Duchamp
Collage and Henri Gaudier-Brzeska
Excerpt written by sculptor Henri Gaudier-Brzeska
The Volta
he asked me to think about “where the status quo is broken”. Then I was assigned the poet Gregory Pardlo’s memoir, Air Traffic
Research Trip: Nutley, New Jersey
A dimmed corner of a life and a time I’d only heard stories about. I was in Nutley to seek evidence that the stories were true.
Library Post: Where I Write
If you live, commute, and work in any big city, you know how difficult it can be sometimes to find a quiet place to work.
At the Slice Literary Conference, September 2018
I remembered how inspired I felt after Alexander Chee’s and Porochista Khakpour’s joint keynote. Alexander Chee said, “I had this habit of erasing my accomplishments”.
Donna Tallent 