Better Than Friday - 209 (Patreon)

Salutations ya'll

Downpour in Florida. A good day for reading.

Hope all is well, thanks so much for your continued support.

1. Looking forward to reading: Dead End by Michel Surya, translated by Kit Schluter

Alternatively, you can get it here from the publisher Black Sun Lit (and you should see the cover).

Michel Surya is the fellow who gave us the magnificent biography of Georges Bataille.

Kit Schluter is a friend, poet, novelist, and an awesome translator who translated, among other things, The Book of Monelle by Marcel Schwob.

2. Vertigo Nightmare

One of the most haunting scenes. Hitchcock's Vertigo may be the greatest film ever made.

Possibly the greatest score as well by Bernard Herrmann, of which Martin Scorsese reminded me in this great clip of him discussing the film here.

3. Hemingway Letter sells for 237k

Scarcely believable that they went through two consecutive plane crashes...

4. What is Poetry? 10 Observations about the art - (Dana Gioia)

Wonderful video. Surprised he doesn't have more subscribers.

He's got some solid writing advice as well.

5. Sandy Bull - Little Maggie

Interesting multi-instrumentalist.

Walked along the beach this morning admiring dolphins, rainbows, and this washed-up decapitated shark head.

Wondering what got to it (another shark?) and what kind it is (Dogfish/Dog-Shark?)

Let me know if you do.