I am reworking a section of my story for Cold Hard Type–rather, I should say that we are. My girlfriend has supplied the poetry created by the female voice. The handwritten notes are notations written by the male voice. The question of the exact nature of the intertextual relationship between the two voices hopefully will…

To experience the real poetry of this moment, read Max Paradiso’s article in the New York Times. There is a race to record the sounds of Stradivari stringed instruments–every note possible–because the instruments are beginning to decay. Something about a whole town–a mayor, the police, and the citizens–collectively maintaining silence to record the purest sounds…