Tag Archive for the term: erik virtanen (Page: 2)

For a little while I thought I’d write my undergrad thesis on Wallace Stevens. I love him, especially Of Modern Poetry.
In 2002 I bought his collected letters, and just a week or so ago I remembered them again when Erik Virtanen mentioned he’d bought the collected poems. I have been pouring over the poet’s [...]

Last night was our Monthly Mess V, the Birthday Mess. We’ll post pics and video soon soon, but for now let me just spin a yarn:
Here’s one- at about 4pm yesterday I got an email from the painter we’d been so excited to see - he was supposed to paint the event as it [...]

Just a quick rambly risa note now with many pics and such coming soon - but man, the first Mess was a big ole bounty of cool stuff.
DJ G Blott’s mix was the perfect vibe for the start of the night - it sampled folk and hip hop and kept us shaking our heads [...]

What I find wonderfully engaging are people that care to think about life and our surroundings. Not just people that live in them. But people that make the conscious decision to look at the world, their life, the people around them and try to figure out what really is going on here. [...]