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from “Oracle” [by Loren Goodman and Aspen Matis]
Loren Goodman and Aspen Matis have embarked on a collaboration in verse which they have titled "Oracle." It is a singularly fruitful encounter, often taking the form of a question-and-answer session. Sometimes, watching…
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Megan Falley: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
_________________________________________________________ Telling Him I Kissed a Woman I cut the pill of truth with honey, promised, We were…
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A Footnote for David Lehman [by David Shapiro]
A Footnote for David Lehman a footnote is a link and a quotation is a photo and a poem can be easily deleted evenings Tell me, tell me, delete me instantly, isn't a reference…
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Poetry and Dance: Quiz of the Week [by Mindy Aloff and David Lehman]
In 1893, the Symbolist poet and occasional dance critic Stéphane Mallarmé wrote in an essay on the American modern dancer Loïe Fuller that her programs using many yards of silk and complicated lighting constituted…
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Pollock, De Kooning, The “Irascibles” (and, as a farcical footnote, Body Art) [by David Lehman]
There was a strong element of doubt as well as risk in the Abstract Expressionist enterprise, and this is bound up with the quasi-religious impulse that one often feels in a Pollock or a…
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George Balanchine Was a Genius: John Clifford Breaks it Down [by John Clifford]
Editor's note: I've lately been following choreographer and former principal NYC ballet dancer John Clifford on Instagram (john_cliff26) where he posts clips of notable performances along with helpful commentary. This recent post, which I'm…
