I’m reading poems at Miceli's Restaurant in Hollywood tomorrow night, right off the Boulevard. Drop in if you can and forget your Angeleno woes, like the couple in Vernon Duke’s poem!

Real quick. Some good news.

175 year old farm to be seized by government agweb.com/news/business/…

Devastating article by Paul Krugman. open.substack.com/pub/paulkrugma…

El actor Bill Murray y el músico Jan Vogler (Jan Vogler) interpretan en el Museo del Prado su versión del poema "Dog", de Lawrence Ferlinghetti, frente a la obra "Fábula del perro y la presa”, de Paul de Vos

Family portrait in living room.

Betrayal. Disgrace. Shame.

The shame of it.

If you are in Barcelona, don’t miss this extraordinary retrospective exhibition of work by the always groundbreaking Eugenia Balcells. On till September!

Today I went with Mia Pearlman and our kids to say loud and clear that we ARE NOT AFRAID and WE WILL FIGHT against Trump and his administration. #Freedom

And I would be remiss if I didn’t note all of the peaceful protest headlines came on the same day when the Star Tribune A1 captures top to bottom the tragedy of political violence which all leaders should be rejecting. /11

Fascinating analysis of the production of the anniversary parade.

❤️ print journalism. Thanks Jason Kint for the overview.

substack.com/@krassenstein/…

Sirguem, sirguem!!!!

Irena Rey is an Indie Next pick—again!! Only six paperbacks a month make it onto this fantastic list compiled by independent booksellers. And since independent booksellers are the smartest people I know about contemporary fiction, this is the highest prize I could possibly get!

I’ll say it again: Gavin Newsom is meeting the moment. He’s making me like him again. But please, no more kumbaya moments with people like Charlie Kirk & Steve Bannon.

QUINA COSA PRECIOSA No sé quina cosa preciosa diu i diu l'ocell blau, la veu li surt neta de la gola, del bec, del cos en l'aire rosat de l'alba. M'agrada, digui  el que digui. De vegades sembla l'única cosa del món [...] Mary Oliver, "What gorgeous thing" jaumesubirana.blogspot.com/2025/06/agraim…

This is NOT TRUE. NY state checks it against your tax return. I’ve been on it since its inception.

WCK delivered meals to families in Ometepec, Mexico, one of the communities hardest hit by Hurricane Erick. Reaching the area required ATVs to navigate difficult terrain. The meals were prepared by a local restaurant partner that was part of WCK's response Hurricane John last