IT IS FASHIONABLE among the political left to affect dislike for Walt Disney movies, mostly on the grounds of Disney’s crude commercial tactics and their representations of peoples of colour. And yet, let’s be honest; haven’t we all thoroughly enjoyed… Read More ›
The Name Is A Vestige A dramatic urban vision quest / monologue in the ancient Greek manner, roughly speaking by Wayne K. Spear 1992 For My Grandmother, 1911-1991
[Originally published in ASH Magazine, volume 3 number three Summer 1996.] First, a definition. You will notice that the phrase is made from separable units: popular, and culture. Popular, I think, expresses the essential character of a high-tech, media-dominated age…. Read More ›
What will you do when you become a billionaire? Well, supposing you do. Become a billionaire. You’ve got to think about something while you’re supposed to be working. Of course, the work day is almost over. When you’re finished, you’ll… Read More ›
[Originally published in ASH Magaine, Volume Four Number Three, Summer 1997.] Now and then I find myself in a philosophical mood, pondering the evolution of this creature called ASH. I think it’s a healthy activity, the more so since I’m… Read More ›
[The following was first published in ASH Magazine Volume 4 Number 1, Winter 1996.] Your argument, in the book Whose Brave New World?, is that a corporate agenda is “colonizing” the institutions and services upon which we depend in this… Read More ›
1. The first thing we need to clarify is the terminology. Making love is not to be confused with having sex. To make love is, as the phrase suggests, to make. To have sex is, conversely, to have. To have… Read More ›
You can learn how: – to lose twenty pounds – to have more confidence – to get a man – to hold on to him – to be a beauty queen – to get into shape – to be more… Read More ›
Part One: He was born in poverty and darkness He made a few mistakes in the beginning, because he was born in poverty and in darkness. I’ve selected, arranged, itemized and interpreted them for you. -He fooled around a lot,… Read More ›
This time I am going to shop around. I met my last lover at a party. I had had too much to drink. We had a brief and tempestuous affair, which ended horribly after three months. I told myself then,… Read More ›
Everyone thinks they know the whole story. The most recent version I heard came to me in Washington, D.C., and goes like this: He stole the fire from the gods and gave it to men. The gods weren’t too pleased,… Read More ›
You’re fooling yourself. The first sure indication that you are fooling yourself is that you begin to hide things. Look under your bed. Right now. I’ll wait for you here. Well? What did you see? Come on, you can tell… Read More ›
-Sekoh. -Huh? -Like this: say go. Try it. -Say go. -Well…that’s basically it. -And that’s how Indians say “hi”? -Well, that’s how Mohawks say hi. Other nations have different ways. Cree say Wace. Ojibwa say Bojoo. Whole bunch of ways…. Read More ›
At first we all said she was crazy. “Eve, you remember now what God said about curses and thorns and the sweat of the brow. And what about the increased pains and the ‘he will rule over you’ bit?” It… Read More ›
[This is an extract from my 1998 doctoral thesis. You can also read my thesis chapters on Maria Campbell and James Tyman. The introductory, “Autopoetics,” chapter is here.] The Interested Subject: Irony in Eleanor Brass’s “I Walk In Two Worlds”… Read More ›
