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Monday Night at KGB: Cate Marvin & Jericho Brown
KGB Monday Night Poetry is pleased to present… Cate Marvin & Jericho Brown Monday, May 11, 2015 Hosted by John Deming and Matthew Yeager Series founded in 1997 by David Lehman and Star Black Doors…
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My Mother’s Poem (for Pearl Ziegler, 1921-1982) [by Alan Ziegler]
In 1978, after dinner with my parents, my mother drives me to the poetry workshop I am teaching in a neighboring town library. I am surprised when she asks if I’d mind…
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Point Counterpoint: David Lehman and Amy Gerstler on Mad Men Season 7 Episode 12
Katsushika Hokusai's "The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife" Dear A., I can’t resist opening with Jenny Factor, who met “Mad Men” show-runner Matt Weiner at a Harvard symposium last…
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Hot off the Presses: The Spring 2015 issue of DMQ Review
<<< To laugh properly you must sound slightly surprised. So that’s what this child works on tonight as she practices laughing, trying to sound natural. — from "Childhood" by Amy Gerstler in the Spring…
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The Definition of Gardening [poem by James Tate]
Jim just loves to garden, yes he does. He likes nothing better than to put onhis little overalls and his straw hat. He says, "Let's go get those tools, Jim." But then doubt begins to…
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Tales of the Eighties: How I Found Lasting Love Because Art Forgot to Leave His Keys in the Car on Martha’s Vineyard [by Alan Ziegler]
Because Art forgets to leave his keys in the car, Gay can’t drive me to the airport on Martha’s Vineyard. Because Gay can’t drive me, we walk to the airport, a long shot…