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Jerome Sala
New York City
I've got two blogs: "espresso bongo" is on poetry and pop culture. "Jerome and Brooke Storytellers," co-written with Brooke Lighton, offers content marketing ideas from our ad agency.
Interests: music, film, advertising, politics, poetry, literary criticism, cultural theory, Direct Response advertising, Direct Marketing.
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Book Party, Sunday June 5 - 3PM
Come celebrate the launch of 5 new books by 5 exciting poets at the Jefferson Market Library, June 4th, at 3PM Continue reading
Posted 6 days ago at espresso bongo
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“The Witch” vs “Hellhole”, or from Modernism to Postmodernism
Posted May 11, 2023 at espresso bongo
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Awesome poem — wild and euphoric!
Interstellar Theme Park [poem by Jack Skelley]
Photo by Gary Leonard (Ed note: Ever since we posted the conversation between poets Jerome Sala and Jack Skelley we've been fielding requests for their poems. Here is Jack Skelley's Interstellar Theme Park, from his book of the same title. You can find it here.) Interstellar Theme Park by J...
Awesome poem! Going vegan has never been more erotic!
Jack Skelley: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
Jack Skelley, photo by Gary Leonard ______________________________________________________ Green Goddess Who made the salad Whose tangy vinegar made me wince Who played pouty Venus to my impudent Caesar Who taught me to renounce meat Who flowed forth lubrica...
Michelle Yeoh, Platonist? Thoughts on "Everything Everywhere All at Once"
Posted Jul 29, 2022 at espresso bongo
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Holiday Party at La Mama, Dec. 13 - Doors Open 7:15
Poetry, Music, Art, Performance — a major blast! Info here: https://www.lamama.org/shows/poetry-electric-the-naughty-n-nice-list-2021 Continue reading
Posted Dec 7, 2021 at espresso bongo
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Jim, thanks for reading/commenting. As I mentioned, I thought it was unusual for such class issues to appear in popular entertainment. Question: there's a theory of literary production that argues that even in popular media contradictions can appear that break with the conventional ideology. Do you remember who writes about this? Is it Macherey? Someone else? Let me know if this rings a bell.
The White Lotus, or, the dissociation of everyday life
There is a scene in the 2nd episode of HBO’s The White Lotus that struck me as both jarring and familiar. It occurs at lunch time at the Hawaiian vacation resort that is the setting for the mini-series. Rachel Patton (Alexandra Daddario) a freelance journalist on her honeymoon, stops by the tab...
Hey Sarah, Thanks for reading this and taking the time to comment. It's true: because we never see the article in question, the scene can be read two ways: Nicole is either being overly sensitive or refreshingly honest. This is another reason why the episode intrigued me. (I guess I sided with Rachel because the scene reminded me of work situations I've experienced.) On reputation: the William Davies piece referred to argues that worry about reputation has always been part of social life, but has been amped up (and commodified) in the age of social media. Fascinating stuff. Hope to see you around the poetry scene in the near future!
The White Lotus, or, the dissociation of everyday life
There is a scene in the 2nd episode of HBO’s The White Lotus that struck me as both jarring and familiar. It occurs at lunch time at the Hawaiian vacation resort that is the setting for the mini-series. Rachel Patton (Alexandra Daddario) a freelance journalist on her honeymoon, stops by the tab...
The White Lotus, or, the dissociation of everyday life
Posted Sep 15, 2021 at espresso bongo
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Haven’t been able to locate the source. I know a number of people are asking the same question.
Pandemic Poetics: The FB Poetry Marathon
You’ve seen it spreading rapidly through Facebook. Perhaps you’ve been infected yourself. I’m not referring to Covid-19, but another kind of virus: the “Poetry Marathon” that travels with the mysterious hashtag of #PeetMeNotLeave”—promising participants eventual publication in something called “...
Pandemic Poetics: The FB Poetry Marathon
Posted Oct 4, 2020 at espresso bongo
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Thanks, Michael. Loved — and agreed with — your take on the last debate!
From the spectacle to the Real: Thoughts on Elaine Equi's "The Intangibles"
Once upon a time, there was a poetry of consumerism. I’m thinking here of how buying stuff was celebrated through the ironic creativity of mid 20th century urbanites. Rather than grousing about the vulgarity of their city, these souls were inspired by its arty and tacky qualities. Informed by a ...
From the spectacle to the Real: Thoughts on Elaine Equi's "The Intangibles"
Posted Dec 22, 2019 at espresso bongo
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Resist the narrative: thoughts on John Scalzi’s "Red Shirts"
Posted Sep 23, 2019 at espresso bongo
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Interesting: sounds like your dreams now are breaking into waking life, like Benjamin wrote about! On China: once a signifier of old-style revolution, now for global capital: things turn into their opposites like the dialectical thinkers of yesteryear used to write. Maybe they had something there...
The War on Sleep: Dreaming in a 24/7 World
Dreams aren’t what they used to be. Once upon a time, they had the power to invade daylight. Here’s Walter Benjamin, from the beginning of One-Way Street, published in 1929: “A popular tradition warns against recounting dreams the next morning on an empty stomach. In this state, though awake, on...
To your point about commodification: lately in commercials for video games I've noticed a lot of the characters look like robots. No doubt this is feeding off popular movies (which themselves feed of the games, to create a kind of repetitive loop). But I can't help but think they look like robots because they're influenced by AI (the algorithms of marketing research).
The War on Sleep: Dreaming in a 24/7 World
Dreams aren’t what they used to be. Once upon a time, they had the power to invade daylight. Here’s Walter Benjamin, from the beginning of One-Way Street, published in 1929: “A popular tradition warns against recounting dreams the next morning on an empty stomach. In this state, though awake, on...
Yeah, I think you're right — any non-monetized time is looked upon with derision (or at least suspicion). In the 24/7 book, the author mentions a science fiction film where people are awake for weeks on end. They begin to hallucinate; their dreams appear in waking time. Today, fantasy films are incredibly popular. I wonder if they're a form of dreaming while awake (the difference being someone can make money off these "dreams").
The War on Sleep: Dreaming in a 24/7 World
Dreams aren’t what they used to be. Once upon a time, they had the power to invade daylight. Here’s Walter Benjamin, from the beginning of One-Way Street, published in 1929: “A popular tradition warns against recounting dreams the next morning on an empty stomach. In this state, though awake, on...
Hey Michael, In those transformations you mention (backyard becoming China), it reminds me how even the most domestic space gets transformed into a "global economy" nowadays! I know, also, there's the philosopher Gaston Bachelard (who worked as a mailman by day), who writes extensively about the way we perceive the idea of "home" (in The Poetics of Space). But I wonder, as a movie buff, any film dream sequences you love?
The War on Sleep: Dreaming in a 24/7 World
Dreams aren’t what they used to be. Once upon a time, they had the power to invade daylight. Here’s Walter Benjamin, from the beginning of One-Way Street, published in 1929: “A popular tradition warns against recounting dreams the next morning on an empty stomach. In this state, though awake, on...
The War on Sleep: Dreaming in a 24/7 World
Posted Feb 25, 2019 at espresso bongo
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The 7 deadly clichés — strike these words from your thinking. (Part 2)
Posted Jun 28, 2018 at Jerome and Brooke Storytellers
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The 7 deadly clichés — strike these words from your thinking. (Part 1)
Posted Jun 22, 2018 at Jerome and Brooke Storytellers
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Writers: 6 ways to manage the client approval process without seeing your content turned to mush
Posted May 1, 2018 at Jerome and Brooke Storytellers
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Wasn't aware of this reference. Will check it out. Thanks!
Why are we whispering? Thoughts on "Blade Runner 2049."
I finally saw Blade Runner 2049 on cable the other night. Beautiful to look at, sometimes moving, but what really struck me was the degree of low-talking going on. At times I thought of those comic bits in films where two characters find themselves needlessly speaking in hushed tones. One of t...
How do you freshen your brand? Subaru Dog Commercials Tell the Tail.
Posted Feb 20, 2018 at Jerome and Brooke Storytellers
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Thanks, Michael. Glad you found it interesting!
Why are we whispering? Thoughts on "Blade Runner 2049."
I finally saw Blade Runner 2049 on cable the other night. Beautiful to look at, sometimes moving, but what really struck me was the degree of low-talking going on. At times I thought of those comic bits in films where two characters find themselves needlessly speaking in hushed tones. One of t...
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