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  • Putting Down the Hammer [by Stephanie Paterik]

    February 21, 2013

    I’ve been a happy renter all of my adult life, relishing the freedom of a short-term lease. But in the fall, without warning, the unfamiliar desire for a place of my own crept into…

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  • Much Depends on Dinner: Baking Hamentaschen with Robin Neidorf and Talia

    February 21, 2013

         All human history attests That happiness for man,—the hungry sinner!— Since Eve ate apples, much depends on dinner.      –  Lord Byron, Don Juan. Canto xiii. Stanza 99 (Ed note:  Robin Neidorf and…

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  • Indian English Poetry [by Catherine Woodard]

    February 21, 2013

    The HarperCollins Book of English Poetry is a testament to the power of think global, write local. All 85 contemporary poets selected by the editor, Sudeep Sen, are Indians who write in English. They…

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  • Evanescence: The Elaine Race Massacre by J. Chester Johnson now live at the Green Mountains Review

    February 20, 2013

    From the Editors of Green Mountains Review — Over the next ten days, Green Mountains Review Online will present in four installments J. Chester Johnson’s groundbreaking essay “Evanescence: The Elaine Race Massacre,” which probes…

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  • Delhi Promenade of Pop Poets [by Catherine Woodard]

    February 20, 2013

    Walking Delhi with Himanshu Verma, an emerging arts curator, follows a trail where poets share top billing with rulers and religious leaders. Poets get prominent positions in India’s history – literally – with their…

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  • Ultra Violet Postcards [by Catherine Woodard]

    February 19, 2013

    BRINK The meaning of quiet – those corridorsKnew it well. Softly girls. This building is old, Mother C lisped up stairs, her wimpleFlaring like a halo. At table, tennis, we twirled spins like neat…

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