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WHY THE READER OF GOOD PROSE POEMS IS NEVER SAD

The first Russell Edson prose poem I ever read was “Counting Sheep.” A rumpled photocopy was making the rounds of my grad program like some sort of hallucinogenic bean. The poem begins: “A scientist…
LENGTH: 13 minutes (3478 words)

Spain's One-Eyed Bullfighter: Newsmakers: GQ

I. Zaragoza, Spain—October 7, 2011 What does the bull see as it charges the matador? What does the bull feel? This is an ancient mystery, but it s
SOURCE:www.gq.com
LENGTH: 5 minutes (1264 words)

WE NEED HEART-TOUCHING, SOUL-PENETRATING STORIES!

If every one would see To his own reformation How very easily You might reform a nation —Nineteenth-century rhyme A BRIEF TIMELINE OF SOME SEMINAL SELF-HELP BOOKS The Bible The Bhagavad-Gita…
LENGTH: 29 minutes (7284 words)

Desperately Seeking Mitt

About eight months ago, I was tasked with an assignment: Starting in South Carolina, I would follow Governor Mitt "Tin Man" Romney on the long trail, from winter to summer of his life's most…
SOURCE:www.gq.com
LENGTH: 31 minutes (7785 words)

Does Mitt Romney Have a Personality? - GQ August 2012

About eight months ago, I was tasked with an assignment: Starting in South Carolina, I would follow Governor Mitt "Tin Man" Romney on the long trail, from winte
SOURCE:www.gq.com
LENGTH: 3 minutes (971 words)

The Well-Hung Boy Next Door

It is a clement spring day in greater Los Angeles, and James Deen is driving through the soft green tumescences of the Calabasas hills on his way to a pornographic-movie shoot. If Deen…
SOURCE:www.gq.com
LENGTH: 29 minutes (7337 words)

The Barn at The End of Our Term

The girl The girl is back. She stands silhouetted against the sunshine, the great Barn doors thrown open. Wisps of newly-mown hay lift and scatter. Light floods into the stalls. 'Hi horsies!' The…
LENGTH: 24 minutes (6001 words)

Interview with Jack White

Furniture has been comfortable for thousands of years. Among the artisans who carried us out from the Dark Ages, among the blacksmiths, the tailors, and the cobblers, there were the upholsterers.…
LENGTH: 9 minutes (2337 words)
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