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Ry Cooder's LOS ANGELES STORIES

Andrew J. Khaled Madigan

The stories of Ry Cooder are a lot like his music: stately, precise, well constructed; they grab you by the throat, quietly, and never let go.

A Tribute to David Hamilton

TIR staff

David Hamilton, English professor, writer, and editor of TIR from 1977 to 2009, is retiring this spring from the University of Iowa. Lynne Nugent, managing editor of TIR, delivered this tribute at a celebration for David held on Wednesday at the Old Capitol Senate Chamber.

George Eklund’s EACH BREATH I CANNOT HOLD

Christopher Prewitt

When one reads Eklund’s poetry, one draws comparisons to Péret with his figurative, associative language, especially as it pertains to Eklund’s metaphors, which at times can also bring to mind García Lorca. From the poem “Burning Milk”:

We’d yet to see a whole city burn
Only waiting for what would leak
From the big eggs of our ideas,
From the palm of a broken hand
Nailed to the sky.

Why We’re Excited to Publish...Josephine Rowe

Sarah Kosch

Dusting Off the Relics: Why We’re Excited to Publish Josephine Rowe’s “The Vending Machine at the End of the World,” “Dixieland,” and “The Taxidermist’s Wife”

Geoff Dyer’s ZONA

Ben Mauk

Geoff Dyer draws no distinction between a work of art—a book, a film, a photograph—and his own encounter with it. He may be congenitally unable to distance the object of his critical attention from its relationship to his personal history, or else just unwilling. But to read Dyer is to have a conversation about art with a fiercely intelligent yet deeply self-involved friend.

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