All I see…

  by Christine Shan Shan Hou       When we drift we dream: such awakenings demand presence or awareness of being on the other side.         In Everything You See, there ...

The List

December Outing: Jill Johnston! David Velasco! P Club!

As some of you know, I have a thing for Jill Johnston. So, it seems, does the marvelous David Velasco. This Sunday at the New Museum, we’ll be waxing poetic on some/certain/all things Jill, at ...

Reading Rainbow

A few links, with no particular order, rhyme or reason. In case your post-meal plans today do not consist solely of passing out in front of moving images: Thoughts on Some sweet day from Danielle ...

Ooldstres Meet the Pumpkin King

by Christine Shan Shan Hou Gertrude Stein once said in a radio interview: “if you enjoy it, you understand it.” I return to this statement every now and again, like a lucky charm. I have ...

Poets and critics and art historians

AYNSLEY: Hi you three, Greetings from art obsessed insomniac land. I’ve been thinking about you because I’m auditing an art history class right now and last night I found some writing of John Yau’s (I ...

Mysterious Love: Molly Lieber and Eleanor Smith

by Christine Shan Shan Hou     I want Molly Lieber and Eleanor Smith to dominate me. I want them to lick my bones and sabotage my senses. Beautiful Bone is a troubling love story ...