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An Introduction to John Tranter (Part 1) [by Thomas Moody]
The difficulty in introducing John Tranter is knowing where to begin. Surely any attempts to elucidate his poetry would be reductive, and any measure of its influence fall embarrassingly short. Tranter is a major…
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Louis Armstrong: A Study in Aries Rising [by David Lehman]
Louis Armstrong was born on July 4, 1900 if you believe him or August 4, 1901 if you believe your lying eyes. Let's assume the latter as astrologically valid. A Leo, then, with Aries…
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The New York School Diaspora (Part Twelve): John Gallaher [by Angela Ball]
Garden of Mirrors (Architecture 23) I look up from lunch and see a guy dozing back in his chair and I imagine my dead father that way, perpetual sleeping passenger, his head full of…
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“How to Write a Villanelle” [by Martin Stannard]
Click here for "How to Write a Villanelle" — and below that "How toi Write a Sonnet" — by Martin Stannard, who writes: <<<Good morning, and welcome to August. This is to announce…
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Summer of Fruit Tarts–Figgissimo [by Barbara Hamby]
The sauna of a Southern summer seems made for figs. When David Kirby and I bought our house, I discovered an old fig tree near the driveway and the vegetable garden. The woman who…
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Yolanda Wisher: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
______________________________________________________ 5 South 43rd Street, Floor 2 Sometimes we would get hungry for the neighborhood.Walk up the sidewalk…
