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Larry Watson: Painter

Published in The American Poetry Review Volume 40 No. 2 An excerpt: During the week of July 20th 2010, the New York Times noted the...

Songs of the Open Road

Published in The American Poetry Review Volume 39 No. 2 An excerpt: In 1909 the Futurists dramatically declared “that the splendor of the...

Memories are Made of This: Jimmy Karcher's Ford

In the mid Fifties, when I was in my early teens, the streets of Stamford, Connecticut seem to be invaded by a whole new class of car....

Death Metal

When Paul Walker died in the fiery crash of his Porsche Carrera GT on 11/30/2013 in Valencia, California, it was an eerie reminder of...

Did you miss my Kustom Kulture lecture?

Thank you to Northeastern for recording our talk about customizing cars as a form of art. Here's a recording of the full talk for anyone...

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