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Archive for October, 2008

Morrow Anthology

How young they look in those gray pictures, Their unwashed hair brushing wide shoulders And checkered sleeves Cuffed and crossed, Or hanging loose, Or loose enough. How confident they looked back then, So sure that the years were theirs, That words were just a simple thing Like grass Walked through in dungarees. How few busts [...]

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Four Famous Writers Born With Tails

An Interview with Tobias H. Cromley of the American Deformities Institute. (Originally appeared on The Bygone Bureau) William Shakespeare “Oh yes, Shakespeare almost certainly had a tail. If read closely it becomes apparent most of his sonnets weren’t written to a woman at all, but quite clearly to a prehensile tail. Most contemporary scholars believe [...]

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