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A Very Sad Day for American Letters: John Ashbery, July 28,1927 – September 3, 2017
John Ashbery, 2011 (c) Stephanie Paterik H Here is a link to David Orr's obituary for John in the New York Times.
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Meet the Press: Dante Di Stefano in Conversation with Anthony Frame of Glass Poetry Press
DD: How did Glass Poetry Press come into being? AF: Glass originally started as the journal, Glass: A Journal of Poetry. It was edited by me and my wife, Holly Burnside, and we released…
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John Ashbery Steals the Show in “Marjorie Prime” [by David Lehman]
There's plenty of competition: a Beethoven string quartet, Poulenc, Mozart, "I Shall Be Released," some choice bits of dialogue from Casablanca, a plot summary of My Best Friend's Wedding that spares you from having…
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Snips, snails and puppy-dog tales: What’s (contemporary) dance made of?
Pencil and ink, De la sensation intérieure à l’apparition des voyageurs (“On the sensation within as travelers arrive”). Gare de Rennes, Spring, 2011 – Céline Le Tixérant The baby's sleeping in the crib up…
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On Broadway from 90th to 110th in the 1970s and 80s; Fragments 81-89 from Selected Squibs [by Alan Ziegler]
96th to 110th on Broadway is commonly known as “No man’s land.” Small, empty storefronts blossom into dedicated rose shops, a dollar a bunch. First there’s one, then many, then few, then none. A…
