Category Archives: words

language or etymology

Clarence Thomas’ reckless disregard for intelligence

Posted on February 20, 2019 by markweiss86

Thanks to the Sullivan decision, it is indeed hard for public figures to win libel suits. They have to prove that something false was said about them, that it harmed their reputation and that the writer acted with “actual malice.” … Continue reading →

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Born on the South Side, would love to work with Bloodshot

Posted on February 19, 2019 by markweiss86

I saw something fly past my info stream today about Nan Warshaw. I met her in 2003 at SXSW when I was shopping three projects involving my then-client Caroleen Beatty. Nan said she knew Caroleen from Bedlam Rovers which toured … Continue reading →

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I’ve used the word ‘memoir’ 65 times here, one-third of which have been since registering for Lynn Stegner’s class

Posted on February 19, 2019 by markweiss86

I will have to look into this. I remember it well. You wore blue, the Germans wore black. He said, “but my wife is not in a wheel chair”. Distribution of word “memoir” in Plastic Alto, by year: 2019: 15, … Continue reading →

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Memoir of a crooked ref

Posted on February 19, 2019 by markweiss86

I love basketball and I love memoir — I’m taking Lynn Stegner’s famous course — so I cannot resist a quick cut and paste, based on something in the Yahoo feed, about a crooked referee NBA and his memoir from … Continue reading →

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Ted Hoagland’s three nature essays in Sports Illustrated, all in the 1970s

Posted on February 6, 2019 by markweiss86

OR: TED, NOT DEAD, HEAD “In a Lair with a Bear,” Sports Illustrated, March 26, 1973 “A Mountain with a Wolf on It,” Sports Illustrated, January 14, 1974 “Big Frog, Very Small Pond,” Sports Illustrated, March 3, 1975 (from Lynn … Continue reading →

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My mother is a fish, but Cousins is not a monkey

Posted on January 31, 2019 by markweiss86

This bit, a new prologue three weeks later, is lifted from the wikipedia entry on David Shields’ “Reality Hunger” my manifesto: Shields also discusses, at length, the distinction between memoir and fiction–a distinction that, Shields argues, is mostly imaginary. Because … Continue reading →

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Upright downward sign dawg

Posted on January 19, 2019 by markweiss86

This is posted on Plastic Alto, my WordPress blog, as of January 19, 2019 and is best read aloud. Headline: UPRIGHT DOWNWARD SIGN DAWG. OR: HOT STAYS HOT, COOL STAYS COOL (which is a sub-head) A TRADES MAN assembles the … Continue reading →

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‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ movie, Barry Jenkins v ‘Florida, You Kill Me’ by Stew and The Negro Problem

Posted on January 13, 2019 by markweiss86
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Women of the Beat movement

Posted on January 11, 2019 by markweiss86
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Hi, Jamie

Posted on January 11, 2019 by markweiss86

b/w Jack Kerouac Lowell High Football #35 2013 bobble-head doll spotted above the bar at Old Pro sports bar in Palo Alto, the home town of Beat poet Lew Welch edit to add: Jamie Stewart as a duo called Xiu … Continue reading →

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