Commentaries - February 2010

your 2010 mind of winter

The video recording of our annual January "Mind of Winter" event--which always begins with a reading of "The Snow Man" by Wallace Stevens--is now available: here.

ArtsEdge

We subsidize rent for emergent artists.

I'm pleased to see that our ArtsEdge program is mentioned in an I'm pleased to see that our ArtsEdge program is mentioned in an article in today's Daily Pennsylvanian. We subsidize rent for emergent artists - one writer per year who is associated with the Kelly Writers House (and, often, will teach a course). The project is a collaboration with the Fine Arts department of Penn's School of Design and the Real Estate and Facilities division.

Google voice transcripts

roll over, Brion Gysin

Google Voice transcripts are given in verse. A blogger today wrote: "Roll over, Brion Gysin, and tell Bill Burroughs the news: There's a new sheriff in Cut-Up Land, and his motto is Don't Be Evil." (Thanks to Peter Holstein for pointing this out.)

Antin tweet

We at PennSound are happy that our tweets are met with such enthusiastic responses.