If you're visible... (in the contemporary religious publications) Word from: Jake

"If you are visible you have a chance to become more visible," - yes, slight Heideggerian overtones... but seriously, who's the moron producing such profundities? I've talked with the PW correspondent for at least a half-hour, and of all the things I said she had to pick this one quote. Oh, gevalt. For that reason, I was tempted not to mention this article at all, but it talks about a few really interesting publications on art and religion: Tiferet, Parabola, Image, Rock and Sling. I've never seen them before! Very exciting.

Speaking about publications, Guilt and Pleasure is looking really good. I haven't seen the print copy, but it seems like all of the articles are available on the web, as well. Lots of good stuff, including the works of Wayne Koestenbaum and Lara Vapnyar - go CUNY Graduate Center! This is the first edition of G&P, let's hope they will grow and flourish, and keep away from camp. We need more intelligent, tasteful publication... less Heeb!

Lastly, Woody Allen is in the latest New Yorker with Thus Ate Zarathustra. Not hilarious, but pretty funny, a-la:

The existential catastrophe for Schopenhauer was not so much eating as munching.

or

Spinoza, on the other hand, dined sparingly because he believed that God existed in everything and it's intimidating to wolf down a knish if you think you're ladling mustard onto the First Cause of All Things.

Didn't he once have a story with diet-book spin off on the "Notes From the Underground"?