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Darragh Park (continued)
Cherry blossoms filled the air, swept by the May wind, and a friend said, "Oh, I thought it was snowing." That, Darragh Park said, was the effect he tried to get across in his…
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Ed Ochester Presents a Poem by Robin Becker
"Robin is one of the most varied of the poets on the Pitt list in her style and subject matter — and the foremost feminist poet of her generation. If the word 'feminist' scares…
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Merle Lyn Bachman, Guest Blogger April 19-25
This week we welcome Merle Lyn Bachman as our guest blogger. Merle is the author of "Recovering 'Yiddishland: Threshold Moments in American Literature" (Syracuse 2008), a book of literary criticism, translations, and memoir; and…
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Dear Life: Still Here! (by Jenny Factor)
Stacey Harwood's important post earlier this week put me in mind of James Wright. A poet and exemplar of endurance. A sturdy fragile voice. Perhaps I'm looking for an antidote. Perhaps I'm just looking. In…
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Books, Covers, and the Voices of Angels (by Laura Orem)
I admit it – like millions of others across the globe, I have been mesmerized and moved by "Britain's Got Talent" contestant, Susan Boyle of Scotland. Round, completely unglamorous, and 47-going-on-48, Boyle has become…
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“Drunk at the Beach” [by Ivana Kilibarda]
Drunk at the Beach One minute you’re sippinga lite beer in the shallow end.The next minute yourface is smashed by killerwaves on Far Rockaway.The kind of waves that takebikini tops offkiller blondes.Beg the waves…
