by Jordan Dotson | Aug 17, 2021 | Predicates and commas and whatnot
The Boeotian and Chalcidian peoples were tamed by the sons of Athenians in works of war, Who quelled their arrogance in dark bonds of iron, And set up these horses as a tithe for Pallas. …from Herodotus’s Histories, Book 5, 5.78, describing the inscription... by Jordan Dotson | Jul 24, 2021 | Predicates and commas and whatnot
The nearly 250 interviews within the Paris Review “The Art of Fiction” series contain, I suspect, the only education any hopeful writer of fiction ever needs. Perhaps far more. It is a remarkable achievement. There are no MFAs more valuable. Were one to... by Jordan Dotson | May 18, 2021 | Hip tunage, Predicates and commas and whatnot
I submit that there is nothing that anybody in the world has ever done that is more civilized or sophisticated than to dance elegantly, which is to state with your total physical being an affirmative attitude toward the sheer fact of existence. …writer and music... by Jordan Dotson | Apr 1, 2021 | Predicates and commas and whatnot
If anyone comes to the gates of poetry and expects to become an adequate poet by acquiring expert knowledge of the subject without the Muses’ madness, he will fail, and his self-controlled verses will be eclipsed by the poetry of men who have been driven out of... by Jordan Dotson | Jan 3, 2021 | Predicates and commas and whatnot
Defenceless under the night Our world in stupor lies; Yet, dotted everywhere, Ironic points of light Flash out wherever the Just Exchange their messages: May I, composed like them Of Eros and of dust, Beleaguered by the same Negation and despair, Show an affirming... by Jordan Dotson | Jan 1, 2021 | Predicates and commas and whatnot
I wouldn’t call Musashi ordinary. But he is. That’s what’s extraordinary about him. He’s not content with relying on whatever natural gifts he may have. Knowing he’s ordinary, he’s always trying to improve himself. No one...