Photo credit: Brian Butler.
DyAnne DiSalvo has written seven children’s books and illustrated over forty, and has worked with numerous authors including Beverly Clearly, Mary Pope Osborne, Jean Fritz, Jane O’Connor, Patricia Reilly Giff, Jean Marzollo, and Amy Hest.… Read on Macduff...
The Against the Day Deathmarch, Week 13
13 weeks in now, fellow lit folks dropping all around us. Good folks. Strong folks. We march on.
Like I think pretty much everyone, the Quaternions wore my marching toes down to a nub, but I liked Bradh’s take on … Read on Macduff...
An Interview with Jonathan Coulton
Photo credit: Emily Rawlings.
Jonathan Coulton sings songs about workplace zombies, ennui-afflicted clowns, self-loathing giant squids, and devotees of a certain Swedish prefab furniture store. In 2005-2006 he recorded and published a new song every week as a free … Read on Macduff...
The Against the Day Deathmarch, Week 12
Finally caught back up, even if I had to delay posting this week to make it across the line. I was particularly hung up on the Quaternion section from the end of last week — underlining more than usual, understanding … Read on Macduff...
No Rest for Anne Frank
Anne Frank was resting.
The day before she had bested the Werewolf.
The day before that, an alien robot had burst
into the attic.
But there’s no rest for Anne Frank.
Through a small window ringed with
pencil-drawn tulips, you … Read on Macduff...
Choir Timeline
Harmonize those ages into a blur from
5-year-olds to 17-year-old
giants
with smooth tones
taller than people
louder than people
vibrating
and our little folks singing
next to them
us all shaking
in our seats.
Kurt Vonnegut
In seventh grade I read Cat’s Cradle, my first Vonnegut book. I remember standing in front of the class and giving a book report. I played a newsreporter delivering the play-by-play from the book’s closing scene (“a tragedy today, … Read on Macduff...
The Against the Day Deathmarch, Week 11
I will accept no questions this week about exactly where I am in the reading. Suffice it to say, matters were not helped by an especially raucus Dyngus Day celebration! And then I got all angry about some marketing copy … Read on Macduff...
Happy Dyngus Day! At last!
Dyngus Day is finally here! And you know what that means — beware kids sporting pussywillows and water guns. Especially if you live in Buffalo or South Bend.
In an almost entirely unrelated development, So-Called Bill was angered by advertising … Read on Macduff...
An Interview with Natalie Marrone
Photo credit: Stephanie Mathews.
Natalie Marrone received her Master of Fine Arts degree in choreography from Ohio State University in 1998. That same year she founded The Dance Cure, a contemporary, all-female dance company based in Columbus, Ohio, and … Read on Macduff...