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Hail to thee, O Vesper, Martini thou never wert
James Bond's invention, named after beautiful Vesper Lynd in Casino Royale (1953): "A dry martini," [Bond] said. "One. In a deep champagne goblet." "Oui, monsieur." "Just a moment. Three measures of Gordon's. one of…
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Happy Birthday, May Swenson! [by Sharon Preiss]
Tuesday, May 28, would have been May Swenson’s 100th birthday. In her lifetime Swenson was a playwright, a professor, a lesbian, a Mormon, a translator, a lover of nature, a feminist, a critic, and…
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The Greatest “English” Poet you (Really) Haven’t Heard of [by Daniel Westover]
Last month while scrolling through my Twitter feed I came across a link to an article by Adam Kirsch in The New Republic titled “The Greatest English Poet you Haven’t Heard of.” This kind…
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Early Summer Due In, and a Poem from Major Jackson’s Holding Company [by Jennifer Michael Hecht]
Dearest Bleaders, Weather service says we’re in for a mini-heat-wave in my neck of the brick – temps in the 90s. Right now a warm cloud has settled on the ground and wets us…
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“The Escape Artist” by David Lehman (on Slate)
Courtesy of Finn Mac Ginty/Flickr A dark green room: the experiment fails, And the leaves change color before their time. He felt, though he had not committed a crime, Like a gangster disguised in…
