We made a good start, actually writing a haiku (we spelled it “hokku”), a villanelle, a sestina, two sonnets (one Petrarchan and one Shakespearean) and I think a couple of others. Cyril and I studied the book and resolved to write one of each. Kornbluth: “He owned a book, written by one of his high-school teachers, I think, which gave the rules for composing every kind of verse I ever heard of. Science fiction grandmaster Frederik Pohl reminisces about his friend and (for a time) collaborator, Cyril M. Howard the Duck (the character, not the legendarily awful movie) endures yet another indignity.
Lance Mannion wonders what the hell is wrong with the conservative claque on the Supreme Court.īob Dylan says he could write a song like “Superstition” but not one like “Sir Duke.” He also says Alicia Keys and Neil Young are archetypes. whether they realize it or not.
How about a relaxing trip to Robinson Crusoe Island? It looks pretty nice, actually. You have until Monday to download your free audio file of actor John Lithgow reading from Who Is Mark Twain, a new collection of unpublished essays culled from Twain’s papers.Īttention writers! Here are some sure-fire ways to get your work rejected! (The hare was last seen being auctioned by Sotheby’s to an undisclosed buyer.) Williams, whose life had been turned upside down by the obsessive interest of some fans, swore off any further treasure hunts, but four gardens in the Cotswolds are staging an equally elaborate hunt in honor of the 30th anniversary of Masquerade. The search for the golden hare became an international craze, but when somebody did finally bag the pendant two years later, it turned out to be a cheat - instead of solving the riddle, the winner had used inside information provided by an ex-girlfriend of Williams. Thirty years ago, Welsh artist Kit Williams published Masquerade, a beautifully illustrated children’s book in which the paintings concealed clues to the location of a golden hare pendant Williams had buried somewhere in the British Isles.
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