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“Little Portion” [by Todd Boss]
Little Portion A friend tells me never to usethe word little in a poem. Later I discover Anne Porter’ssong of Little Portion, in Umbria, where an 800-year-old churchis rumored by the local people to…
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It’s So Nice to Have a Girl Around the House – Creepy Vintage Ads
Thinking about the return of Mad Men got me thinking about advertising. I guess we've come a long way baby since these creepy vintage ads. How would you like to have been in the…
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Chris Mason: Old Timey+Ancient=Brand New (Terence Winch)
Baltimore is a wondrous place whose praises I have sung, literally ("In Praise of the City of Baltimore"). It is the home of the American Visionary Art Museum, my favorite place for outsider art.…
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Roaming Around [by Moira Egan]
[Backdrop to La Festa dell'Editoria Romana] With all due apologies for my bloglessness, I can blame it on jet lag. Well, for a while I could, now I'll have to blame it on something…
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Take THAT, Mr. Williams. You CAN get the news there!
Our friend, writer and filmmaker Robert Shore, sends us this link to an NPR story about the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz's recent experiment with having poets takeover the newspaper for a day. So, who would…
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Greg Santos presents “Aphids” by Jason Camlot
Jason Camlot’s poem “Aphids” exemplifies his playfulness with language and his sharp wit. Every line is funny. Camlot takes well-known aphorisms, turns them on their head, and makes you think of habitual language in…
