PinnedBrett GillenTOKYO DISPATCH, 2014 — Nazi Bar on Main StreetThere’s a brand new bar in my Tokyo neighborhood with a curious, three-part theme: Nazism/Satanism/Excellent German beer.Jul 12Jul 12
PinnedBrett GillenWild men who caught and sang the sun in flight and learn, too late, they grieved it on its wayI read Orwell’s Down and Out in Paris and London a few years ago and there was no way not to picture Anthony Bourdain as the narrator…Jun 8, 2018Jun 8, 2018
Brett GillenWalking Through the Woods the Poet Charles Simic Discusses Henry David Thoreau With his Dog(A bird chirps from a tree branch. Another responds with a similar sound from a branch in a similar tree)Jan 10, 2023Jan 10, 2023
Brett GillenBOTTLE OF WHITEOenophilia, from the Greek, is the love (philia) of wine (oinos). I have other philias but none more elegant and most unsafe for work.Jun 20, 2020Jun 20, 2020
Brett GillenSylviaIt is also a picture of one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century who would soon put her head in an oven.Oct 28, 20191Oct 28, 20191
Brett GillenPride and PurplejuiceIn the kitchen when opening a bottle of wine, do youSep 5, 2017Sep 5, 2017