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Alex Ross: A$$hat or Visionary?

2008-08-29T09:27:28Z

Here ya go Steve!
Discuss.

Six Word Story

2008-01-20T20:45:29Z

Ernest Hemingway was once prodded to compose a complete story in six words. His answer, personally felt to be his best prose ever, was “For sale: baby shoes, never used.” Some people say it was to settle a bar bet. Others say it was a personal challenge directed at other famous authors.

At the Flickr site we have a group that uses a photograph as the seed to composing a six word story. What i propose here is to look at the photo most recently posted and write your own six word story. Have those few words tell the whole tale, and let the picture be its visual interpretation. Just make sure the title of your pic does indeed contain SIX WORDS in English and is a complete sentence (or two). It is much easier to write only a headline or description, but make it a sentence - one that augments the photo.

Or if you get tired of the current photograph, add your own and start a new series of 6 word stories.

I’ll start with a photograph i took during WestFest last year.

My 6 word story:
Eddie was once struck by lightning.

Comic Book Printing

2008-02-28T14:32:48Z

I’m trying to find a place in the area that can print comic books for a project I am working on. Does anyone know of a local printshop that can help with this stuff?

Pearls of Wisdom

2008-08-18T16:32:55Z

Clouds appear free of care and carefree drift away.
But the carefree mind is not to be “found” -
to find it, first stop looking around.

--Wang An-shih

Questions I wanted to ask about this week’s cover story but can’t

2008-08-06T16:28:31Z

I am moderated, which means that a lot of my posts get caught and not sent through to the main page, and thus a few of my ponderings about this week’s Xpress cover story (Doin’ It Daily) would probably be censored. So I am going to ask them all here, in as sensitive a manner as I can.

What about handskis? Did that count for the day, or was that a bonus?

Did mouthskis count?

What about doing it “the other way”? Did she have to take the day off the next day? Maybe those were the days the guy got handskis?

Writers’ groups

2007-12-05T12:41:12Z

I’m thinking about joining a local writers’ group. Can anyone recommend a good one or steer me away from a bad one?

Let’s have a haiku contest

2008-01-15T15:37:37Z

I’ll start ...

Jack Sparrow, the cad!
Is he a hero? Villain?
I heart Johnny Depp!

(Could I give you a better set-up for a nice, sarcastic reply?)

Holy Bible Holy Symbology

2008-01-31T13:38:53Z

The crucifixion of the Christ is symbolic of those before and after who were willing to die spreading Love and Peace to all people on Earth.

John and Robert Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Gandhi. Are you willing to be crucified for what you believe?

The snake a phallic symbol of man called Adam. Apple of my eye the forbidden fruit of the engorged woman called Eve. The temptation to explore pleasure, outside of ourselves becomes our death.

The Tree of Life is born with the knowledge to plant for birth of creation is symbolic you know, not a virgin.

The more you learn the less you know, don’t you think?
0;)

Asheville’s poetry scene

2007-12-22T13:52:20Z

It seems like we’re in a bit of a dry spell these days for performance poetry. We used to be something of a hotspot in the national poetry slam scene, but the last several years have seen plenty of reasonably good attempts at bringing it back sputter and fail. Any thoughts on why this has happened?

What’s the best book by a local author you’ve read?

2008-02-12T13:32:32Z

As you may know, Xpress has been posting regular updates on the local literary community in our “Book Report” blog. This is a dandy way of keeping up with all things current on the local lit scene, but it’s not such a good way to learn about the WNC-penned classics.

So, I’m turning it over to you. What’s your favorite locally related book? (By which I mean written by a local, set in the area, about an exclusively local topic or published locally.)