“Dave Hickey’s prose transports are like an eye attached to a butterfly attached to a rocketship…”
~ Lawrence Weschler
Dave Hickey’s résumé is impressive. He’s written for Harper’s Magazine, Rolling Stone, and Artforum, plus many other publications. He’s been the Executive Editor of Art in America magazine. He’s owned and directed an art gallery. He’s written and [...]
Learning from Queers and Geeks
“A geek is…any dogged explorer or crazed inventor, anyone who fixates on a project and won’t let go, anyone who builds his own damn rocket! It’s a label to be proud of, in any star system.”
~ Editors, Wired
Remember when “geek” wasn’t a label to be proud of? When geekdom seemed to [...]
An avid reader pal of mine, artist Donna Romero, had to do a lot of persuading to get me to read Gary Kinder’s Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea. This non-fiction book tells the story of the wreck of the “Central America,” laden with gold from the California Gold Rush, and Tommy Thompson, [...]
