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...poem.The majority of Phillips’ images tend to draw parallels between human nature and the natural world. Comparisons between natural events and human actions pervade the collection, as in “The Damned,” when Phillips compares the sudden flight of birds from burning brush to “shame when, from the wrong end / of a foundering argument, it at last lets go.” Of a white egret walking in the white foam of the sea, in “Gold on Parchment,” Phillips observes that “invisibility...
...When she got to her feet, the knees of her pants were frayed and bits of gravel clung to the fabric, but she didn’t brush them clean or in any other way distract her focus from the figure kneeling on the opposite bank. The dark shape across the water grew elongated, also standing. They faced one another with the Feather River in between. In two or three more hours? they would kneel again and drink.”Among prose stylists, Denis Johnson has few living equals. His finest moments bristle with beauty and potential; words blossom...
...prep for pre(worse than?)-reading period hell, brush up on your internet skillz (thanks Daily What!). Consider the humorous, and slightly scary power of Google Earth. Take on an awesome NYT feature on old, lonely, bored, rich men paying for the companionship of young, beautiful women (and bask in the moral ambiguity!). Also, FlyBy would like to quickly pour out some liquor for that poor dying newspaper industry by checking on some fascinating uses for useless newsracks (Don't get any ideas, 'Poon...
...came of age just as artists were abandoning wood panels in favor of stretched canvas - especially in Venice, a maritime power where ship canvas was everywhere - and turning away from fresco or egg tempera to the relatively new and more pliant medium of oil paint. Drag a loaded brush over the textured surface of a canvas, and a whole range of sensual effects are possible. The feathery plush of a fur collar, the glint of light on armor, the nap of rough cloth - they could all be suggested by oil in ways that tempera couldn't quite...
...Brush, the owner of Felipe’s Taqueria, Flat Patties, and Crema Café—all of which are trans fat free—said that he plans to apply for the decal, since much of the general public is concerned about healthy eating...