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Lessons from the West Wing by Joe Flood
I once wrote a screenplay. It was about Washington, DC, the city beyond the monuments. My script followed two young men, one black and one white, across a tableau of urban discord. I dreamed of turning my dark vision into a movie.
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The Power of Dark Literature by Graham Parke
It always surprises me how depressing media is seen as more relevant or significant than non-depressing media. Oscars invariably go to actors portraying people who suffer, literary prizes go to authors who torture their characters, museums are filled with paintings and sculptures of people not running
AFP: “They don’t know that we are the media”
Amanda Fucking Palmer has a new album out, entitled Amanda Palmer Goes Down Under, and while not all of the cabaret-style tunes float our collective boat, we’re big fans of the single, “Map of Tasmania.” Perhaps you’ve seen the
Most Kick-Ass Books of 2010
Okay, so maybe we’re a little late to this party, but who doesn’t love a good list? Especially if it’s a round-up of must-reads, saving you, Dear Reader, the effort of wading through masses of BAD books, right at the top of a brand-new year? You’re updating your e-reader and making
2010 “Word of the Year” highlights American stupidity
Sarah Palin has invented a new word. The only problem is that no one can quite divine its meaning. The word in question is refudiate, which appears to be a mash-up of the words repudiate
Get out there and VOTE!
We here at Black Heart Magazine support literary rebellion, in all its many forms. But what about “real” rebellion? What about today, November 2, the United States’ designated Election Day? Should you vote? Why bother? While
The Banff Centre Loves You by Heather Clitheroe
The mathematicians are giving me funny looks. It’s dinner time at the Banff Centre for the Arts, and though there are forty of them at their assigned tables, there’s only one of me. Just me, at the arts table. It’s early in the evening, and most
Top 5 Emerging Writers Under 40
In response to the now-infamous New Yorker list of “Top 20 Under 40” writers “to watch,” Black Heart has compiled a list. Not a similar list, exactly, but a list of some of our favorite so-called
Make Mine Small Press by Jimmy Callaway
My aunt is a professional palm-reader, and as such, she has a fairly diverse customer base. Apparently, a real big-time Hollywood producer has my Noni commune with the spirits, I would guess, to see if Polar Express would pay off on the back end. My mom thought it would be a good idea for me, as a burgeoning
Belle de Jour Revealed!
As you may have heard, a week before last, infamous blogger Belle de Jour (the woman behind the Diary of a London Call Girl blog and its related bestsellers) revealed her true identity. No, she’s not some horny housewife or a porn star in disguise;
