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First Blog: An Introduction by Veronica Golos
First I'd like to thank Molly Peacock for introducing me to Stacey Harwood. This is a wonderful opportunity. I'm originally from New York, born and raised, and came to Taos in 2005 when I…
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Mas Lorca! [by Sharon Preiss]
June 5 was the 115th anniversary of the poet Federico Garcia Lorca’s birth. Happy birthday, Freddy! LIVE from the New York Public Library threw a fine celebration for him on June 4, with readings…
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Veronica Golos, Guest Author June 10-14
This week we welcome Veronica Golos as our guest blogger.Veronica is the author of Vocabulary of Silence (Red Hen Press, 2011), winner of the 2011 New Mexico Book Award. An exploration of war and…
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“Sperm Heaven” by Henri Michaux (trans. David Lehman)
A man’s sperm bears a curious resemblance to the man himself – to his character, I should say. A woman’s egg bears an astonishing resemblance to that woman’s character. Both sperm and egg…
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Some More Summer Reading [by Moira Egan]
It's been an Andrea-infused whirlwind at the West Chester Poetry Conference this week, and it's also, I will formally state, been a lot of fun. And I don't mean this post to seem a…
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“The Rhubarb Fizz at Fitzbillies” (by Stacey Harwood)
Stacey Harwood wires from Fitzbillies, the legendary tea shop on Trumpington Street in Cambridge, with the news that the venerable institution, which faced bankrutcy not too long ago, is thriving under new management and…