Articles by Buzz Poole
January 12, 2012
If You Could Hear A Book, This Is How It Would Look 3
Chromatic documents a segment of today’s music scene by favoring exciting and important visual examples that contribute to a sensory overload that better represents the music than words or notes ever could on their own.
December 21, 2011
A Year in Reading: Buzz Poole 0
I establish a loose plan for the year that dips into unread classics, keeps tabs on new releases, and delves deeper into favorite authors.
May 24, 2011
Dylan at 70 3
Lurking in everything Dylan has ever done, for better or worse, is the myth of America, its chameleon-like quality to be everything to everybody its greatest asset, permitting openness, not for the sake of change but because of its necessity. This is the history Dylan, who turns 70 years old today, has drawn from to create his own history.
April 5, 2011
Paint It Back: The History of American Graffiti 3
Exactly who was the first kid to spread a name or moniker across a cityscape is up for debate, but this book is as close as one will ever get to a definitive answer.
November 22, 2010
Internet Stunts Vs. Blurbs: Is There a Difference? 1
Marketing a book is more of an uphill battle than ever in our forget-me-now culture of constant media noise. And so were born internet literary stunts.
September 13, 2010
A Stone out of the Mediterranean: Aidan Higgins’ Balcony of Europe 2
There is no doubt that reading this book at home in New York, riding the train and before bed, would be memorable, but reading it here in Granada, covering some of the same ground as these characters, makes it lasting.
