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When the sun tries to go off [by Mitch Sisskind]
Hey, all you old timers! Remember when Kenneth Koch wrote "Sixty Plays" or whatever it was called? They were hilarious little premises, only one or two sentences long, plus a title — like, "An…
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Elena Karina Byrne, Guest Blogger August 9-15
This week we welcome Elena Karina Byrne as our guest blogger. Elena is Literary Programs Director for The Ruskin Art Club. She is part of the West Hollywood Book Fair’s Planning Committee and edits…
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“Under Fire” [by Terence Winch]
Under Fire Stop looking at me. I didn’t do anythingwrong. I don’t know the words to the song.That’s all. I wandered around the mallwith my broken watch. I had all my receipts.But no one…
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Congratulations Denise Duhamel – Academy of American Poets Spotlight Poet
We heart Denise Duhamel, our recessionista poet, so we were delighted to learn that she's in the spotlight over at poets.org. Head over there to read about her. And check out this video of…
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Readers Real and Ideal [by Katha Pollitt]
I love the Gertrude Stein quip David Comiskey posted in response to my last blog: “I write for myself and strangers.” that just about covers it, doesn’t it? Another reader sent in a different…
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Budd Schulberg, Dead at 95
Budd Schulberg testifying for the HUAC in 1951 Budd Schulberg wrote the screenplay for On the Waterfront. Everyone knows lines from the movie, such as the speech Marlon Brando makes sitting beside his soon-to-be-killed…
