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WEDNESDAYS WITH DENISE: September 27, 2023
Today I wanted to give a shout out to The Unsung Masters Series, which brings forgotten poets to a whole new audience. The most recent volume is about Bert Meyers (1928-1979), a poet new…
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On George Gershwin’s Birthday [by David Lehman]
On George Gershwin’s birthdayI keep expecting them to playRhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris,the Cuban Overture, the Concerto in F,Porgy and Bess as played by Miles Davis,but no, all day it’s been Dvorak, Grieg,Rimsky-Korsakov, and other worthiesnot…
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On George Gershwin’s Birthday [by David Lehman]
On George Gershwin’s birthdayI keep expecting them to playRhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris,the Cuban Overture, the Concerto in F,Porgy and Bess as played by Miles Davis,but no, all day it’s been Dvorak, Grieg,Rimsky-Korsakov, and other worthiesnot…
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Name the Painter [in honor of Peter Frank]
Name the painter who built this stairway to paradise. As Claus DeRuyter said, his "rhythm was fascinaitng." The rhapsodic blue marked an advance that preceded the push-and-pull practice of Hans Hoffmann.
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Name the Painter [in honor of Peter Frank]
Name the painter who built this stairway to paradise. As Claus DeRuyter said, his "rhythm was fascinaitng." The rhapsodic blue marked an advance that preceded the push-and-pull practice of Hans Hoffmann.
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Tom Sleigh: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
________________________________________________ A Dictator Walks into a Bar In the hotel lobby, leaning against a marble columnfrom when the…