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Hart Crane’s “Episode of Hands”
The unexpected interest made him flush.Suddenly he seemed to forget the pain,–Consented, — and held outOne finger from the others. The gash was bleeding, and a shaft of sunThat glittered in and out among…
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Tales of the Teaching Road: The First Lustrum (1974-1979) [by Alan Ziegler]
In my first few years teaching I conducted creative writing workshops—with students ranging from six to eighty years old—in public schools (including my former elementary and high schools), community libraries, colleges, P.T.A. meetings, and…
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Mind the gap: be is not the apostle of seem or so it seems
William Hazlitt said that “man is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are, and what they ought to be”. Well, yes. This interesting gap in our fundamental condition…
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July Market Report [by Stacey Harwood-Lehman]
My husband’s recent diagnosis of celiac disease came as a complete shock to both of us. He had been experiencing many months of debilitating symptoms that had been attributed variously to chemotherapy, post-surgery recovery, and…
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Day 5: In Praise of Philip Dacey [by Lisa Vihos]
I knew before I started blogging for BAP this week that I wanted to end my gig with some words for the man who got me back on the path to poetry, Philip Dacey.…
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Day 4: The Question of Maps [by Lisa Vihos]
I've been thinking a lot about maps lately. Have you noticed that you can't find them in gas stations anymore? Now that we are fully in the era of GPS and Siri telling us…
