Monthly Archives: July 2017

Nature Is Cruel, Staros

Posted on July 18, 2017 by Mark Kerstetter

In terms of fashion, the 1977 film Saturday Night Fever is fixed in time and place. Its disco beats, big collar polyester shirts, bellbottoms and platform shoes place it squarely in late 1970’s big-city America. The economic milieu of the … Continue reading →

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A Note On John Ashbery and Charles Sanders Peirce

Posted on July 14, 2017 by Mark Kerstetter

I was reminded of Ashbery’s phrase, “notes from the air”, the title of a poem from Hotel Lautréamont and part of the title of a selection of his poetry published in 2008, while reading an essay published in 1878 by … Continue reading →

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