Ben Towle

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Project: Adodo

Here’s a one page interpretation of an Italian nursery rhyme I did for a new Italian literary magazine called Adodo. The text in English is: Coo-roo, coo-roo, my dotty mam Stuffed me in the stewing pan. My fair sister, scamper scamper, Packed me in the picnic hamper. Then my dada for his lunch Wolfed me …

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Googling myself

I just did for the first time what I’m sure most occasionally bored folks have done many times before: googled themselves. Like the classics from Dave Letterman’s timeless “Top ten things that sound dirty but aren’t” list, Googling oneself sounds lecherous but really isn’t; it just means typing your own name into google.com and seeing …

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Bob Dylan: Chronicles Vol I

I recently finished reading Chronicles Vol I by Bob Dylan, which my Mom gave me as a present. I’m probably not typical of the audience for this book: I’m too young to have been around in the 60s for Dylan’s heyday, and I’ve never had a real “Dylan phase” like many folks. I do like …

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The Somerville Gates

The Somerville Gates If you had any doubts about how truly silly the “artist” Christo is….

Boxing Bucket, pg. 5

And, finally, the exciting conclusion to “The Return of Boxing Bucket:” (Click for larger image)