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“Elegy for Archie Ammons” [by Jim Cummins]
Last night I read “Part Ten”Of Archie Ammons’s GarbageOut loud, twice, in an empty room.Then stopped in embarrassmentTo hear if anyone was listening. I’d bought the book so many years agoAnd carried it with…
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Knott as a Stranger: “Why Can’t I Just Write My Crummy Poems?”
The late Bill Knott, born February 17, 1940, was a terrific poet who distinguished himself from nearly all other American poets by wanting to keep his poems from…
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Knott as a Stranger: “Why Can’t I Just Write My Crummy Poems?”
The late Bill Knott, born February 17, 1940, was a terrific poet who distinguished himself from nearly all other American poets by wanting to keep his poems from…
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Jerome Sala Takes on the Tightwads! [by David Lehman]
Tonight I lift my glass to Jerome Sala whose new book The Cheapskates is just out from Lunar Chandelier Press. It is a handsomely produced volume and it is bursting with the mordant wit…
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Jerome Sala Takes on the Tightwads! [by David Lehman]
Tonight I lift my glass to Jerome Sala whose new book The Cheapskates is just out from Lunar Chandelier Press. It is a handsomely produced volume and it is bursting with the mordant wit…
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RIP Jason Epstein, 1928-2022: Visionary Publisher [by David Lehman]
Jason Epstein, Columbia College '49, the visionary publisher and editor, died last week at the age of 93. It was Jason who developed the idea of the trade paperback — paperbound editions of great…
