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Category Archives: …Open Grafetti
Why I love Salman Rushdie
In the current New Yorker magazine, there’s a Salman Rushdie story titled In The South, which opens like this: “The day that Junior fell down began like any other day: the explosion of heat rippling the air, the trumpeting sunlight, … Continue reading
Posted in ...Open Grafetti, ...writers' work, inspiration, rhythm, sonics
Tagged New Yorker Magazine, Salman Rushdie
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A new poem from Steve Toth: “Willing to Change”
…Like the rain dropping everything but its desire to reach the ground… — from “Willing to Change” by Steve Toth. share?
Posted in ...Open Grafetti, ...writers' work, inspiration, sonics
Tagged contemporary American poetry, Steve Toth, Willing to Change
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Better than the movie
Anthony Lane’s New Yorker Mag review (titled “Highly Illogical”) of the new (eleventh) Star Trek movie is dense, running on 24 levels, and funny as hell. There are too many good bits too thickly interwoven to be plucked out as … Continue reading
Posted in ...Open Grafetti, ...writers' work, inspiration, rhythm
Tagged Anthony Lane, film reviews, Manohla Dargis, new Star Trek movie, New Yorker Magazine, NY Times
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What a remix can do
Open it up, cut the edges sharper, make it jump, deliver a richer experience. Case in point, “Gora gora rang” by Imran Khan. share?
Posted in ...Open Grafetti, composing, editing, inspiration, other arts, rhythm, sonics
Tagged Desi music, remix, song
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Constructionist cooking: what is it?
Constructionist cooking: what is it? Last night I put half a turkey breast, sea salt, two dried Turkish bay leaves, and water (to cover plus an inch) into a slow cooker on low, and forgot about it. share?
Posted in ...Open Grafetti, early prose, ego, inspiration, rhythm, Wikipedia
Tagged bay leaves, chicken parm, constructionism, constructivism, curried soup, sea salt, sensitive cooking
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Music, and the web and journalism
Raghav’s song Humrahee and an essay about how the web is affecting journalism have one thing in common — uncommon beauty. share?
Posted in ...Open Grafetti, inspiration, other arts
Tagged Clay Shirky, Desi music, journalism, Raghav, song
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Short sketches, reversals, and more
Short sketches, reversals, and… the Internet, PDA’s and juries… Am trying to write short stories so I can tighten my story sensibility before I go back to work on the book. Wrote two rough ones on the morning commute. Inspired … Continue reading
Posted in ...Open Grafetti, ...writers' advice, ...writers' work, composing, conceptualizing, inspiration, other arts, rhythm, writing fiction
Tagged Clive Owen, Duplicity, film direction, PDAs and juries, screenwriting, Tony Gilroy
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