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Our Miss Brooks, Queen of the Silence (by Mitch Sisskind)
I posted an earlier version of this document on Facebook but left out some details. Like how when Louise Brooks was a girl in Kansas she and I used out make out in the…
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The Greatness of Bookstores (by Larry Epstein)
Bookstores are sacred spaces. Their promise of wisdom and discovery, their anchoring communities of thoughtful readers, and their providing people who can offer informed reading suggestions make them indispensable. I think it's a good…
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“Moses Supposes” (by Laura Orem)
W.H. Auden once said that he preferred poetry students who loved playing with language over those who felt they had Something To Say. Sometimes – and this is one of my problems – poets…
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Inside the Music [by Richard Garcia]
Sometimes, leading a workshop, I like to start out with a collective reading of a poem. Something that will shake them up, and let them know we are not in Kansas, and something that…
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On First Looking into Pretty Boy’s Basho
On First Looking Into Pretty Boy’s Basho Now ’e don’t get intothe wife’s cups anymore,’e’s in ’is own, like that poet,Basho — wasn’t he alwaysgetting drunk and falling intothe river, or was thatthe Chinese…
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No Respect [by Richard Garcia]
Where would poets be without a miserable childhood? I have noticed that people take a certain delight in telling about it. Sometimes they try t0 top each other, “You think that is bad,…
