Tag: television

• * cynicism via Adam Levine & Philip Larkin

  This show changed my life.  I was a cynic.  It brought back the joy… (Adam Levine) This week on the Influence: Philip Larkin! FIRST, though, a confession: I watch The Voice.  There I said it. Sharing this information in a public forum is tough.  Indeed, admitting what T.V. shows one indulges in can be as…

  José Angel Araguz

  April 19, 2013

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  Adam Levine, arts, astrology, childhood, Corpus Christi Texas, entertainment, Eugene Oregon, Jose Angel Araguz, Leo, literature, Maroon 5, Philip Larkin, Pisces, poetry, Spring, television, The Voice, This Be the Verse, Virgo, writing

• * re-acquaintances & memory lane

  I recently reconnected with an aunt of mine. On the surface, this is no big deal.  Except the nice lady in question is the last living blood relative I have connected with my father.  I mean, she might know his actual birthday. The last time Pilar, my aunt, and I saw each other, my grandmother…

  José Angel Araguz

  September 10, 2012

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  astrology, aunt, blood, bookstore, Corpus Christi, creative writing, Eugene Oregon, family, Jesus, Jose Angel Araguz, literature, lyric poems, metaphor, MFA, photographs, poetry, poetry workshop, relative, Spanish, television, the friday influence, The Wall, Tiger’s Eye Press, Virgo, writing