Tag Archives: Harper’s

Reading Daniel Mendelsohn in Harper’s, on the flawed DNA of TV series drama

Posted on December 12, 2014 by Ellen Akins

Reading Daniel Mendelsohn in Harper’s on the inevitable diminution and death of TV serial dramas. Talking about shows from Downton Abbey to The Sopranos to Six Feet Under he cites the need of the plot to be finite, refers to … Continue reading →

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Leaving the Sea, by Ben Marcus, a review

Posted on January 14, 2014 by Ellen Akins

Also in Sunday’s Minneapolis Star Tribune (along with my Doctorow review) was my review of Ben Marcus‘s new story collection, Leaving the Sea. Here’s the wonderful Harper’s article that I mention in the review.  (And if you doubt that it’s … Continue reading →

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The Poetry of Donald Rumsfeld

Posted on June 18, 2013 by Ellen Akins

Added August 12, 2015: In a wonderful rambling piece on inspiration by Joyce Carol Oates in the New York Review of Books, I came upon this rendering of Rumsfeld’s famous “unknowns” remarks by poet Hart Seely: More often found poetry … Continue reading →

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