Bonnie Ruberg
is a comparative literature PhD student at UC Berkeley and a freelance journalist specializing in sexuality, surrealism, video games, and new media.
You can reach her at [her first name and last name, all one big word] at gmail.Our Glass Lake
is a blog about the stuff Bonnie makes. It is also a one-stop shop for links to her journalistic, creative, and academic writing.- Title: "'Look, make Mother take you and me to Our Glass Lake tomorrow.' These were the textual words said to me by my twelve-year-old flame in a voluptuous whisper." -Lolita
- Image: L'eau 4, Une Semaine de Bonté, Max Ernst
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Category Archives: Poetry
“100 Works of Impossible Art”
At the Louvre last January, I saw a temporary exhibit on the art of the list, curated by Umberto Eco. The exhibit itself was underwhelming, but one piece — a large list written on one of the gallery walls — … Continue reading
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“Aeneas (But Never on the Tide)”
Continuing the proud tradition of bad automatic poetry generated in the rich creative environment that is the BART, here’s a piece seeded with the word “Aeneas.” Why yes, I am sensing a trend. This is what happens when you spend … Continue reading
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“Dido (The End of Falling)”
Today (November 15th) is a very frustrating day. It is made better by the fact that my brain wrote this sort of awful, sort of awesome poem on the BART this morning. Maybe I spent too much of my weekend reading … Continue reading
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“Ascanius”
What am I doing on a Saturday night? Yes, writing poetry about the Aeneid. At the moment I’m quite fond of this piece, actually. Then again, it just feels really good to be writing something (see: anything) in a creative … Continue reading
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