Category Archives: literature

The Ruins Of The Acropolis

July 23, 2021 – 3:24 pm

The years pile on us like a stack of cards from losing hands at a casino. Strangers ignore my passing and friends failed to recognize me. Ancient as dust I regard my body in elongated shadows at dawn and dusk. A ruin like the Acropolis. Once great, but now shattered, but then I recall the […]

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Francoise Sagan Quote

July 19, 2021 – 8:06 pm

To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter. Brilliant.

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Dominoes With A Chicken

November 9, 2020 – 2:21 am

“How, unless you drink as I do, could you hope to understand the beauty of an old Indian woman playing dominoes with a chicken?” ― Malcolm Lowry, Under the Volcano

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KGB READING January 23, 2017

January 21, 2017 – 4:27 pm

KGB: Unplugged Yellow KGB Bar – 85 E 4th St, New York, NY RICHARD DAILEY is an American writer, artist, and independent filmmaker based in Paris, where he currently hosts a bi-monthly reading and performance series. His poetry, prose, and art criticism have appeared internationally in numerous journals. Unplugged Yellow is his first published novel. […]

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Knock Knock It’s Henry At The Door

April 23, 2013 – 8:57 pm

I was listening to Michael Pollan on NPR talking about how nobody cooks anymore. I was cooking chicken and mashed potatoes for dinner. I still cook. It’s not three-star, but it’s better than Chinese take-out. My friend Emily Armstrong said, “I make smothered pork chops, oat bran apple muffins, and five pounds of mashed potatoes.” […]

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