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McCarthy Upsets Laura

After a long absence from fiction, Cormac McCarthy returns with a double dose of his bleak imaginings with this month’s release of this…

3 min readOct 29, 2022

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McCarthy Upsets Laura

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Ted Burke

PAUL AUSTER’S BARBED WIRE LINE BREAKS

An ironic choice, I suppose, since I’ve spent quite a bit of energy railing against that reflects upon its processes But Paul Auster’s…

5 min read3 days ago

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Ted Burke

A Short Interview with TED BURKE

DG: I’d like to begin with your work as a bookseller. Aspiring writers want MFAs — they want to publish their books, but very few are…

29 min read3 days ago

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Ted Burke

A NOTE ON HAYDEN CARRUTH

Hayden Carruth, as fine a poet who has ever taken a drink and recovered from the culminated grief of the fact, died at the age of 87 in…

3 min read4 days ago

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A NOTE ON HAYDEN CARRUTH

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Ted Burke

ADAM ZAGAJEWSKI

At face value, the poem “About My Mother” By Adam Zagajewski appealed to me; I'm in favor of the rushing stream of words, breathless and…

2 min readApr 25, 2024

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Ted Burke

Iggy Pop was a drummer in blues bands before he and his fellows formed the Stooges in the 60s, and…

No band embraced nihilism with more profound off-handedness than The Stooges. Part of their genius lies in t their lyrics, hardly cliché…

6 min readApr 24, 2024

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IGGY and THE STOOGES

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Ted Burke

Poems by Barry Goldensohn

Somewhere in space the tempest of intellection vs emotion in contemporary poetry ensues, participants more passionate than habitual losers…

12 min readApr 4, 2024

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Poems by Barry Goldensohn

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Ted Burke

BOB PERELMAN AND DUCHAMP HAVE LUNCH

Readymades, an idea from artist Marcel Duchamp idea, a classic Dada gesture he offered with urinals hoisted upon gallery walls, and snow…

5 min readApr 4, 2024

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BOB PERELMAN AND DUCHAMP HAVE LUNCH

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Ted Burke

Tarantino Unpacked

“Django Unchained “ is a listless bore. Save for a couple of genuinely funny bits, this movie continues Tarantino’s delusion that his style…

3 min readMar 29, 2024

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Tarantino Unpacked

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Ted Burke

Maxing out Maximalism

It’s been one of those weeks when there’s little else to do after the laundry is done than to stare for long periods at the bookshelves and…

7 min readMar 26, 2024

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Maxing out Maximalism

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Ted Burke

Ted Burke

Music journalist, musician, and street photographer. His writing has appeared in the San Diego Reader, Oyster Boy Review, Kicks, San Diego Door ,UCSD GUARDIAN

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