I’ve neglected the blog. I’ve neglected the garden. I’ve certainly neglected the housework. Billy will, at times, have me believe that I’ve neglected him (though that’s a lie, I tell you! A lie!). I’m overwhelmed. There’s just so much to …
Usually, we attribute it to static electricity. But still. It’s a nice thing to do. A supportive thing to do. Which is all to say that…. GUYS! The Revolution of Every Day is now available for pre-order on Amazon! I’ll …
“What is this thing that homogenizes complexity, difference, dynamic dialogic action for change and replaces it with sameness? With a kind of institutionalization of culture? With a lack of demand on the powers that be? With containment? My answer to …
I walked into the Tin House office today to pick up Nanci McCloskey, the Director of Publicity, for a coffee meeting and this was waiting for me. My editor, Meg, had it all set up on the edge of …
1. I’ve read “Litany in Which Certain Things Are Crossed Out,” by Richard Siken at least once a day since first reading it about two weeks ago. Truth be told, I usually read it twice a day. In the first …
In which I become obsessed with a poem and John Roderick nearly kills me Read more »
Back in mid-December I started volunteering remotely with the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space, an amazing new museum in NYC’s Lower East Side dedicated to grassroots activism, with a specific focus on squats and community gardens. They needed someone to …
Nice, yeah? More pages. We can spread out a little. Thanks to the web magic of Identity Web and Photo, you shouldn’t have to do anything to your RSS feeds to keep up with new posts. AND the nesting comment …
“Because land is life, the struggle for a home through squatting is synonymous with the struggle for life itself.” Frank Morales (dare I call him a legendary squatter? After all the years of research for and writing of The Revolution …
You come across the term “spatial deconcentration” in a novel about squatters on the Lower East Side in the mid-nineties. You: A) Know what it means B) Don’t know what it means and look it up C) Don’t know what …