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“Rocky Colavito” [by Jamie Katz]
When Rocky Colavito was hitting forty-two home runs a year,a dark-eyed, rifle-armed right fielder for the Cleveland Indians,my monthly sports magazine said he made the bobby-soxers swoon.I wasn’t sure what that meant. I…
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Quincaillerie, coincidence, Fifi, Montmartre & more [by Tracy Danison]
Coincidence debunked or coincidence surprised? The other day I was on my way to my workplace near rue Menilmontant; the metro was just clattering out of the elevated la Chapelle station toward, all too…
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Wu Xia’s resistance via softness
Wu Xia works in a clothing factory. She frequently works twelve-hour days or twelve-hour nights. At the age 35, she has been working in various factories for 21 years, or nearly two-thirds of her…
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The dark fantastical world of the poet Wu Niaoniao [by Eleanor Goodman]
In the documentary film Iron Moon, quotes from this poem reoccur three times: Rhapsody on the Advance of Heavy Snow A snow factory in the sky. Mechanical assembly line angels, stand day…
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What If You Slept [by Nin Andrews]
("What If You Slept" has always been one of my favorite poems.) The other day I was listening to two of my poet-friends complain bitterly about their parents. Among other things, they talked of…
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“The Jerk” [by David Lehman]
Some six years ago, Rick Moody and I were asked to talk about — and write about — Bob Dylan. Rick and I did our thing one enjoyable evening — in January 2011, I…
