Brave

The New Inquiry is doing everything that is good lately, here's Lili Loofbourow with some notes on Pixar's Brave. Like it for the links to Louie and Arrested Development, love it for the art by Imp Kerr.

Conservatism, Conceptualism, Grey Area: Matvei Yankelevich vs. Marjorie Perloff

He said, she said.
In all a contest of schools and sides: the grey area is vast; conservative poetics secrete from liberal poets; the revolution will be tomorrow, agreed.

Closing Tabs: Hi Brian!

A detailed analysis of the London 2011 riots by Aufheben, via Lib Com.
David Lau on Mallarme in Lana Turner. 
Benjamin Balthaser on racism and Ron Paul's anti-imperialism.

Occupy the Farm.
Occupy the Left, women edition.
Janine Webb on Bay poetics, compact edition.
Lisa Robertson, "The Cabins."
Occupy readers from Chomsky and Hardt & Negiri.
Via Wired: The PC military presentations about moderate muslims.

Ernest Callenbach, founder of Film Quarterly, writer of Ecotopia, writes his last words on the shape of America and what is to come.

Clover on UCD

Joshua Clover on the University of California, 2011.

Closing tabs

LA Review of Books on Rodney King and LA Riots.
Who Is Oakland?
Lana Turner: Brooks Johnson and Linh Dinh in conversation.