Lori BrackMar 4, 20211 minInside Giovanni's RoomRarely in my reading life, a book makes itself brilliant in the last pages. James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room works that way. It dazzles in...
Lori BrackJan 18, 20212 minHistorical Pynchon avoidance The professor teaching the modern American novel that summer wore white polyester trousers so we could see his colored briefs. He went...
Lori BrackJun 15, 20201 minPoetic Personal Experience (and social media)Karen Craigo was the poetry editor at a couple of journals where my poems have appeared, and we communicate via Facebook but have never...
Lori BrackMay 29, 20201 minListening to the bluesSomeone is always leaving By exile, death or heartbreak. Be who you are, even if it kills you. It will. Over and over again. Even as you...