What’s the worst piece of writing advice you’ve received? For me, it’s a tie between “write what you know” and “never get high on your own supply.”

What’s the scariest book you’ve ever read?

Or, what book are you most afraid to read?

video trailer for
SORROWTOOTHPASTE MIRRORCREAM
A collection of poems from Kim Hyesoon.
Translated by Don Mee Choi.

(video by The Viper, Paul Cunningham)

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and “Filthy filthy filthy I’m so filthy” reminds me I’ve been dreaming Ron Silliman again
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Crad Kilodney passed away yesterday. Here’s something on Crad by Richard Grayson.

……………….Am I right in thinking that Under The Skin is a kind of beautiful, thought-provoking movie that’s worth seeing, hypnotic, etc, etc…?? But just not quite right??…(I mean that can be a good thing)…But maybe it could have benefited from more terrifying “baby alone on the beach” kind of stuff?? I dunno. Watcha think ??…………..

Do you know how to drive stick?

Does anyone want to talk about The Grand Budapest Hotel? I think there’s a case to be made it’s Wes Anderson’s best film.

Wow, B.J. Best “wrote” 25,660,800 poems about the midwest and you “can,” too.

The April 2014 issue of Words Without Borders features writing from South Korea. It’s pretty excellent. Check it out.

The other day I thought it would be fun to swap the entire NCAA bracket with the names of the university literary journals. The result is the attached .jpg, which shows mojo’s rare 1 seed and the Devil’s Lake upset over Sonora Review. (click for larger image)

(via @agbales)