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But who knows where or when?
These two gentlemen are(1) drinking a cocktail concocted by Matthew Yeager(2) toasting the Civitella Ranieri in Umbria(3) plotting a trade that will clear salary room so the Knicks can pursue free agent LeBron James next summer(4) congratulating themselves on…
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Good-bye, Kathryn Grayson, 1922-2010
Kathryn Grayson died today at the age 88. Miss Grayson was one of the last survivors of Hollywood's Golden Age, perhaps best remembered for her performance as Magnolia Hawks in Show Boat (1951), in…
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This Just In . . . National Grammar Day Writing Contest
March 4 is National Grammar Day and Grammar Girl is going to celebrate with a parts-of-speech creative writing contest. Enter a poem, essay, or short story about your favorite (or least favorite) part of speech. The maximum…
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A Pitch of Sonic Ecstasy: Stuart Krimko’s “The Sweetness of Herbert” [Review by Adam Fitzgerald]
I first encountered Stuart Krimko’s work at the 11th Street Bar Reading Series, one of the most distinguished in New York City. That night, Krimko, 32, read with Jeff Clark and John Ashbery. Formidable…
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Mei-mei Berssenbrugge & Anne Waldman @ KGB
Readers, wordsmiths, lovers, civilians, mark your calendars! Next Monday is not to be missed. KGB Monday Night poetry is back with the full green force that drives the flower, the water through the…
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“A Serious Man” etc. (by Mitch Sisskind)
Last weekend I watched "A Serious Man," the Coen brothers' film about a Jewish family in the 1960s. I loved that film! It really captured the humorous, puzzling, teasing element of the Zohar. It…
