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Hearing Voices: Letters to the Editor [by Julia Shipley]
Here in the relatively minute state of Vermont, where it is not uncommon to bump into your local legislator at the hardware store or gynecologist's office, where the first Tuesday in March is reserved…
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Molly Arden translates Catullus #53
Catullus # 53 Listening to the learned Calvus with many an oratorical flourish castigate the demagogue Vatinius, a man in the crowd lifted his hands in astonishment and pleasure, and said, "Good God, that…
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Tonight: A Celebration of the Third Plume Anthology of Poetry
6:30 PM – 7:30 PM Wednesday, September 9, 2015 Location: Main Library449 BroadwayLecture HallCambridge, MA Celebrate the publication of the third Plume Anthology of Poetry as editor Daniel Lawless presents readings from an esteemed slate…
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“Pliant as Reeds, where Streams of Freedom glide. . .” On Vermont’s Newspapers and the Lure of the Local [by Julia Shipley]
"An Account of the Hand Press Known as the Stephan Daye Press, Upon Which Was Begun in 1638 the First Printing in British North America" At any given moment there may be as many…
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Lera Auerbach – excessive ease of aesthetic discovery [by Ilona Oltusk]
An artist who does not like to comment on her own prolific work, Lera Auerbach answers query with further creative output. “When I was told, you can’t be a composer and a pianist, I…
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Sherman Alexie Speaks Out on The Best American Poetry 2015
Like most every poet, I have viewed the publication of each year's Best American Poetry with happiness (I love that poem), jealousy (That poet has been chosen for seventy-three years straight.), disdain (Oh, look,…
