Welcome to 111 Words, by Andrew Shields

On not grading essays

The many great covers on Rebekka Bakken’s “Always on My Mind” (2023), including Greg Brown’s “Brand New Angel"

"'Tis my part to use that language”: The Gay Beggars production of “The Witch of Edmonton” currently running in Basel

Jacques Roubaud (1932-2024), poet, novelist, mathematician

The pronunciation of Salvador Dalí’s name and Taylor Swift’s “the last great american dynasty"

Ambitious first songs and poems opening debut albums and books: Taylor Swift’s “Tim McGraw” (2006) and Seamus Heaney’s “Digging” (1966)