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Jill Allyn Rosser presents a poem by Alex Green
Alex Green’s poem “Blue Door Option” was first published in New Ohio Review 6, Fall 2009. It’s wonderfully paced and narrated with an authenticity of weirdness that I find terrifically appealing. When students ask…
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Leslie McGrath Guest Blogger June 24-30
This week we welcome back Leslie McGrath as our guest blogger. Leslie's first poetry collection, Opulent Hunger, Opulent Rage,won the 2009 Main St Rag poetry prize. Her poetry is widely published and has been…
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The Greek Tragedy: It’s Different This Time [by DL and friend]
A friend who plans to spend Christmas and New Year's in Greece files this report on that beleaguered and financially challenged nation, the ancient homeland of Periclean democracy, Sophoclean tragedy, Ariostophelian comedy, the Parthenon…
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Billie versus Ella [by DL]
You can love both, of course, and we do, but it is fun to compare these peerless singers, and one of our friends may have nailed it. "Billie makes me feel like things are…
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Movies that break heat waves: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid…"Well we are involved, Etta…"
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“Women of the Hudson” [by Stephanie Paterik]
Skinny, tan women of the Hudson—all ages roast on a little boardwalkin June. Some have fake boobsand some have wrinkles.They all seem to be there alone,giving one another the rightamount of space. One faces…
