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Millay in Fall

I found out that I’ve been offer a residency at the Millay Colony for the month of October. This opportunity couldn’t come at a better time. I’m at the start of two major writing projects and will be able to get a great start on them during my time upstate. Also hope to get in a good number of walks in the woods.

Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, As Usual

We’ve had a very rainy few days late this summer. But I can’t deny I love rainy days in the summer, most especially when I can spend some portion of them wandering around the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, which is inevitablyContinue reading

The Brooklyn Rail

Since 2008 I have written occasional reviews, essays, and opinion pieces for The Brooklyn Rail, an independent arts and culture newspaper published in Brooklyn, NY.

Previous Thought #3

I had this on the front of my web pages, some years ago. I love that image, and I love the sentiment in so many ways, so I decided to revisit this thought upon launching my new website, as IContinue reading

New Acquisition

From 2007-2010, New Acquisition distributed nearly 5,000 pamphlets at public performances, bookstores, and art galleries around New York City.

Re-Examining the Soho Effect

In the summer of 2010, when New York’s Ohio Theater was set to close its doors forever, I wrote an essay for The L Magazine about the cultural history of the plot of land that the Ohio had sat upon for decades. Through this discussion I opened up questions about the ways that artist-led gentrification effects neighborhoods in urban centers and the ways that contemporary city’s try to use artists as a means to an end in stimulating economic growth.

Previous Thoughts #2

A Tribute to the Royer Family The Royer family is not my own, and the family pictured above is the not the Royer family of which I speak. However, I’d just like to extend this tribute on behalf of RoyersContinue reading

New Website, July 2011

Welcome to my new website. It’s still under construction, but I’m glad you stopped by.

Previous Thoughts #1

“He speaks English in a rapid monotone, with lightly warped vowels; it’s an ideal delivery system for oracular pronouncements.” This statement was made about the architect Rem Koolhaas in an article written about his attempt to renovate the Hermitage inContinue reading

Older Reading

Gardens: An Essay on the Human Condition, Robert Pogue Harrison (This book is remarkable.)

A Schoolteacher in Old Alaska: The Story of Hannah Breece, edited by Jane Jacobs (I picked this up at the Strand Annex closing sale, the Alaska connection and Jane Jacobs involvement made me buy it. It’s a great story, a remarkable portrait of the people who fulfilled America’s Dreams in the new territories.)

And many more…