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Reb Livingston Presents a Poem by Karl Parker
A Museum of Making Do When all was said and done, the human parts were my favorites. Sun glints through glass roofs under which some move, irregularly ambulant. I’m glad we never make it to the…
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Mongolia at Tibet House and Eating Aaruul with Leigh Wells [by Stacey Harwood]
Ever since David and I traveled to China and Mongolia in 2008 as guests of the American embassy, I’ve paid particular attention to all things Mongolian-related that might happen in New York City. When…
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Machines, Material and Materials by Brian Henry
“[T]here are no rules. What I think is that you start with materials. You start with matter, not rules.” —Clark Coolidge “And the matter is language or, more exactly, words or, more exactly still,…
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Translating Elvis by Brian Henry
Translation apparently can be a dangerous activity. In Javier Marías’ novella Bad Nature, or With Elvis in Mexico, a 22-year-old Spanish-born man assigned to Elvis during the making of a film in Acapulco nearly…
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Criticism’s Crisis by Brian Henry
“Les jugements sur la poésie ont plus de valeur que la poésie.” (“Judgments on poetry are more valuable than poetry.”) —Comte de Lautréamont “It is easy to treat poetry as if it were engaged…
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We Went To the Falls [by Jennifer Michael Hecht]
Bloved Bleaders, We just got back from Camp Inquiry — a weeklong summer camp up near Buffalo where skeptical kids can play in the woods and talk about the meaning of life and learn…
