Even if you’re only half interested in the ‘60s and folk music and Bob Dylan and even if you are fully interested but Jesus you don’t want to see those same clips you’ve seen forever, this documentary is done in a way that’ll keep you watching. Every talking head is a talking head you’ll like because each is smart. It just showed up on youtube for me last night.

https://youtu.be/-Hj3qK9_mns

 

SHOOTER

I’d rather take a photograph 

but I’m inside now and

my jar of water looks 

the same

so does the other stuff in here

you’ve seen.

A photo has an instant that

you know is it.

I must be made in a way

that likes that more

than this.

MY LOCAL BRANCH of the NYPL opened back up for business this morning after months of being closed and then partial services. I was there when they unlocked the door. It’s more a fit for me than the coffee shop.

Being a poet is a dangerous job. This was in The Guardian:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/jul/05/flogged-imprisoned-murdered-today-being-a-poet-is-a-dangerous-job?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

 

Why books taught in school don’t reflect modern England. A video made by Penguin Books: 

https://youtu.be/OmuRd5FTtLw