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Glad to be Unhappy (with Hart Crane and Lorenz Hart) [by David Lehman]
Today is July 21. Hart Crane was born today, so I reread his “Chaplinesque,” a poem inspired by Charlie Chaplin’s movie The Kid. Crane recognized Chaplin as a kindred spirit on an artistic mission like his…
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Robert Hershon Presents “Counterman,” a Poem by Paul Violi
This poem by Paul Violi appears in his collection Overnight and has been reprinted in a number of places, including The Best American Poetry. Counterman What’ll it be? Roast beef on rye, with tomato and mayo.…
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“Commedia Violi” [by Michael Quattrone]
(Ed note: In 2014, Coldfront published a wide range of writing in an attempt to capture the spirit of Paul Violi and his writing. Here is part 2 — on 20 July, Paul's birthday.)…
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Poetry on Vinyl: Some Haystacks Don’t Even Have Any Needle [by Daniel Nester]
"You know what they say about actors performing poetry?” my old professor, Philip Levine, once asked our class. “They make bad poems sound good, they make good poems sound good, and they make great…
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Fiona Hile [by Thomas Moody]
Fiona Hile is an award winning Australian poet whose poems move fast through unexpected turns of language and imagery. Take this line from "Snakebite with Anecdote": "In the corridor we listen to the sounds…
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The New York School Diaspora (Part Ten): Star Black [by Angela Ball]
Feather-Flown There was a laughing photograph that laughedat the photographer who laughed back until the creasesof the laugh twinned and became perfectly aligned.Then, glassine slipped between them, absorbing both, and became an alamode mistof…
