Quarreler, Vol. 1: David Shields
Tuesday, January 13, 2015 22:38 — 0 Comments
I Think You’re Totally Wrong: A Quarrel, by David Shields and Caleb Powell is fresh off the Knopf presses. It’s a book in the form of one extended and contentious dialogue. Over the course of a weekend at a remote cabin tucked into the Cascade Mountains, Shields and Powell argue Life versus Art, testing the limits of civilized conversation and the boundaries of the self. The Monarch Review had the chance to talk with both Quarrelers individually about the making of both the book, and the adaptation of the book into a film directed by James Franco. This is the […]
Advice For Yourself
Tuesday, January 13, 2015 9:53 — 1 Comment
I had the opportunity to ask some of Seattle’s most interesting folks this one question: What message or idea would you relate to your former 15 year old self, and what message would you hope to hear today from your 75 year old self? Here are their responses:
What Are We Marching For? Some Thoughts – Ijeoma Oluo
Saturday, December 13, 2014 23:09 — 1 Comment
I do not believe most cops are racist. I do not believe they wake up and say, “I’m going to kill a brown person today.â€
Enemies Like You – Shaun Scott
Thursday, December 4, 2014 13:41 — 0 Comments
With ratings revenue securely in hand from last week’s pilot episode, CNN’s as yet untitled smash hit television series revolving around dead black bodies in the street was renewed for another week. On Wednesday night’s installment, the setting was moved from rural Ferguson to New York City, where main character Eric Garner was left breathless on the hard, hot sidewalk by a gaggle of police officers back in July of 2014.Â
Thieves on the Cross – Shaun Scott
Tuesday, November 25, 2014 13:45 — 1 Comment
It’s better that Michael Brown was clearly imperfect, clearly flawed.Â
BREAKING UP WITH REBECCA HOOGS: A NEW APPRECIATION FOR SELF-STORAGE
Monday, October 20, 2014 12:02 — 0 Comments
In the title poem of her collection, Self-Storage (Stephen F. Austin State University Press, 2012), Rebecca Hoogs writes, “It’s unreal the way I keep returning to places/like this one, distant from where I live/and in ruins, yet where I live.†She’s speaking of Hadrian’s Villa, the 2nd century Roman emperor’s country estate.
Hollow Earth Radio – Jared Harkness
Friday, October 17, 2014 10:00 — 0 Comments
I remember where I first heard about Hollow Earth Radio. I had recently met a woman named Tiffany who was running a house-venue called the Dearborn House, and she had posted on Myspace about some friends who were starting an Internet radio station with a focus on local music, super independent off-the-radar type bands and strange and experimental sounds. I had never given Internet radio much thought, but this station, despite that, seemed to hit on all my interests. I would tune in at work all the time just to see what they were playing. I remember discovering local bands […]
Fielder’s Choice – Shaun Scott
Wednesday, October 15, 2014 12:00 — 0 Comments
Derek Jeter gives athletes the chance to say something worthwhile. But will they take it?
The Music Book (Chapter 2) – Dave O’Leary
Wednesday, October 15, 2014 11:47 — 0 Comments
“I didn’t know you were writing tonight.†“I am.†“Cool, but the Young Evils hardly need another review right now.†She laughs a little, pours me a Manny’s. It’s Jessie, the owner of the Skylark Café in West Seattle. I settle in at the end of the bar, my usual seat in what has become my preferred pub when out alone because of its proximity to my apartment, but also for the Sunday brunch, the mix of live bands, the local artists on the walls. The staff knows me, and I like the benefits of being a regular. I don’t […]
What Was – Cynthia Jalynski
Monday, October 13, 2014 10:43 — 1 Comment
Thinking about the house where I grew up makes me long to see it, so I do. Not by car, by mouse. Seated at my computer, I use an online map to take a simulated drive through my old neighborhood in northwest Detroit.
The answer isn't poetry, but rather language
- Richard Kenney
