Excellent Short Things: Announcing Nominations—And Wins!
While we’re wary of the fashion trend toward “short shorts and long jackets”, we’re thrilled about short literary things.
Marie Kare
In Celebration of National Dance Day, July 28
A few weeks ago on the blog, we featured an appreciation of Marie Kare’s short-shorts, a series called How to Celebrate National Days. As additional bonus content, in honor of National Dance Day (the final Saturday in July), here’s one more installment of the series: National Dance Day July 28, 2018 (Last Saturday in …
Why We Like It: How to Celebrate National Days: Instructions for Enjoying Pseudoholidays, by Marie Kare
Assistant Editor Maggie Su: The excerpts from Marie Kare’s series How to Celebrate National Holidays: Instructions for Enjoying Pseudoholidays featured in CR Issue 15.1 offer absurd reimaginings of commercialized celebrations such as “National Pen Pal Day,” “National Gingerbread Day,” “National Higher Education Day,” “National Best Friends Day,” and “National Handshake Day.” Using imperatives in each …