digital emunction » Robert P. Baird http://www.digitalemunction.com A website dedicated to literature, politics, life, and anything else worth talking about. Founded in 2006 by Robert P. Baird Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:55:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Advertisements for Myself: American Idol at Narrative The fall issue of Narrative Magazine includes a pair of excerpts from American Idol, the novel I’ve been writing in fits and starts during this long slow slog through graduate school. The novel tells the story of an American…

]]> http://www.digitalemunction.com/2010/09/01/advertisements-for-myself-american-idol-at-narrative/ Robert D. Richardson at The Second Pass 41gm6xrV05L._SL210_.jpg

This week Harvard University Press is publishing The Heart of William James, a selection of essays edited by my friend Bob Richardson. Bob is the author of a trilogy of tremendous biographies—on Thoreau, Emerson, and ]]> http://www.digitalemunction.com/2010/08/30/robert-d-richardson-at-the-second-pass/ Embedded with the Taliban Via Abu Muqawama, amazing footage from a Norwegian journalist who embedded with the Taliban:

]]> http://www.digitalemunction.com/2010/08/26/embedded-with-the-taliban/ Brain Drain is an Existential Threat to Israel In Jeffrey Goldberg’s new “must-read” story about Israel and Iran, which I spent last night ranting about on Twitter, he concedes that “Israeli policy makers do not necessarily believe that Iran, should it acquire a nuclear device, would…

]]> http://www.digitalemunction.com/2010/08/12/brain-drain-is-an-existential-threat-to-israel/ À la Recherche d’un Blog Perdu: A Plaint [Updated] Dear Poetry Foundation:

You’ve always been good to me personally, and I hope you know that I appreciate much of what you do for the world at large—not least this, of course, but also this and ]]> http://www.digitalemunction.com/2010/08/09/a-la-recherche-dun-blog-perdu-a-plaint/ The Thirteenth-Century Attention Economy Michael’s right that I find the scandale de Silliman completely pointless, but one small comet to achieve escape velocity from the orbit of inanity is something Robert Archambeau posted today. Seems to me Bob is concerned not so…

]]> http://www.digitalemunction.com/2010/08/03/the-thirteenth-century-attention-economy/ Delinquency, Thy Name is Bobby I know you’re all dying for my deeply meditated consideration of Ron Silliman’s comment policy, but sorry folks, real and pressing work is still clogging up the pipes.

May I suggest a good book to ease into your…

]]> http://www.digitalemunction.com/2010/08/02/delinquency-thy-name-is-bobby/ Announcing depress & Poems and Fake Book Reviews

I’m thrilled to announce that depress, the print deployment of digital emunction, is launching today with the publication of Joshua Baldwin’s Poems and Fake Book Reviews. Josh’s fake book reviews have long been one of my favorite features of…

]]> http://www.digitalemunction.com/2010/07/27/announcing-depress-poems-and-fake-book-reviews/ Holy Shit is Right Work this week means my blogging will be nearly non-existent, but Christian Lorenzen talks to Lorin Stein, Daniel Nester, and me about the Paris Review recalls in today’s Observer.

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]]> http://www.digitalemunction.com/2010/07/21/holy-shit-is-right/ I must cut down my expenses. For my ruin as well as America’s… Unexpected news for poetry fans, from the Washington Post’s big spy story:

Soon, on the grounds of the former St. Elizabeths mental hospital in Anacostia, a $3.4 billion showcase of security will rise from the crumbling brick wards. The

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