Matt Kirkpatrick
@mattkirkpatrick.bsky.social
Creative Writing Professor, Eastern Michigan University; President EMU-AAUP; Writer: The Silent Chord (Texas Review Press), Seagrave Museum (Acre), Light Without Heat (FC2)
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Detroit/SE Michigan friends:
March 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Detroit/SE Michigan friends:
Love this—a collection of descriptions of (imaginary) discarded texts. My fav is the Markson biography. “Borgesian panache” indeed
March 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Love this—a collection of descriptions of (imaginary) discarded texts. My fav is the Markson biography. “Borgesian panache” indeed
Matthaei Tuesday
March 18, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Matthaei Tuesday
Matthaei Tuesday
March 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Matthaei Tuesday
Revisiting this old friend—I first read around 2003 maybe?—to teach tonight to my MA students—still great!
March 3, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Revisiting this old friend—I first read around 2003 maybe?—to teach tonight to my MA students—still great!
Awesome—fascinating how much we still don’t know, depressing what’s happening to science right now. Still, highly recommend.
March 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Awesome—fascinating how much we still don’t know, depressing what’s happening to science right now. Still, highly recommend.
Every Tuesday this semester, I come to write at Matthaei
February 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Every Tuesday this semester, I come to write at Matthaei
Excellent (and needed) career-spanning critical analysis of the great Walter de Maria’s work
February 16, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Excellent (and needed) career-spanning critical analysis of the great Walter de Maria’s work
Reread this for class; still great
February 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Reread this for class; still great
I dunno, here’s the Glob
February 11, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I dunno, here’s the Glob
Not sure about this one—baffling, unreadable, Joycean language anti-adventure? A lost classic that should remain lost? Both delightful and aggravating? Anybody?
February 3, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Not sure about this one—baffling, unreadable, Joycean language anti-adventure? A lost classic that should remain lost? Both delightful and aggravating? Anybody?
Teaching this again, as much as it can be taught—a favorite that one probably shouldn’t think too hard about, but so fun to reread
January 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Teaching this again, as much as it can be taught—a favorite that one probably shouldn’t think too hard about, but so fun to reread
Listened to this one, a fascinating nest of beefs and art world intrigue centered around the twisted market of post-Warhol Warhols. (Support @librofm.bsky.social!)
January 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Listened to this one, a fascinating nest of beefs and art world intrigue centered around the twisted market of post-Warhol Warhols. (Support @librofm.bsky.social!)
Q: How did he die?
A: He put too many “good boys” in his Goldralian Retreivaperd, who then smothered him.
A: He put too many “good boys” in his Goldralian Retreivaperd, who then smothered him.
January 14, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Q: How did he die?
A: He put too many “good boys” in his Goldralian Retreivaperd, who then smothered him.
A: He put too many “good boys” in his Goldralian Retreivaperd, who then smothered him.
Chris Marker/La Jetée (1962 "photo roman")
January 13, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Chris Marker/La Jetée (1962 "photo roman")
The Hundred Headless Woman/Max Ernst (collage novel 1929)
January 13, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The Hundred Headless Woman/Max Ernst (collage novel 1929)
Kex by Eduardo Paolozzi (collage "novel" 1966)
January 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Kex by Eduardo Paolozzi (collage "novel" 1966)
Love this weird little book recommended by Pedro Ponce; would pair well with The Invention of Morel
January 12, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Love this weird little book recommended by Pedro Ponce; would pair well with The Invention of Morel
Finally finished listening to this beast--an amazing history, though I found myself most engaged when listening Lee Krasner and Elaine de Kooning's stories (also--coincidentally?--my favorite painters of the five)
January 12, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Finally finished listening to this beast--an amazing history, though I found myself most engaged when listening Lee Krasner and Elaine de Kooning's stories (also--coincidentally?--my favorite painters of the five)