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Announcing “101 Jewish Poems for the Third Millennium” [eds. Matthew E. Silverman and Nancy Naomi Carlson]
101 Jewish Poems for the Third Millennium edited by Matthew E. Silverman and Nancy Naomi Carlson (Ashland Poetry Press) is here. The editors write: <<< In the face of rising antisemitism, we feel this…
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“Whom do you write your poems for?” [by Katha Pollitt]
It’s easy to describe the readers I have in mind when I write my column in The Nation: the 185,000 Nation subscribers, who are mostly liberals, progressives and leftists of various sorts, college-educated, over…
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Three Poems (by Mitch Sisskind)
The Old Pogue The Old Pogue said, ‘Class with just a touch of ‘Wicked sleaze, or more than a touch, right, boys? ‘Admit it. Class plus wicked sleaze is what we want ‘In women.…
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“Letter to Eve” [by Ruth Homberg]
I wanted to make you aThesaurus. Feed you wordsHe defined, and make synonymsfall from your mouth, and be options. Remember,Queen Anne’s Lace was royaltybut now are weeds. On walksthrough Eden you would grasphandfuls and…
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Meet the Press: Tupelo Press Anthologizes Poetry of the Pandemic
Dante Di Stefano: Tupelo Press just released the anthology Four Quartets: Poetry in the Pandemic. Could you tell us a bit about this anthology and its genesis? Kristina Marie Darling: I had the privilege…
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Visigoths Sack Rome [by Joseph-Noel Sylvestre]
"The Sack of Rome in 410 by the Vandals" by Joseph-Noel Sylvestre (1847-1926) at the Musée Paul Valéry. It was the first time in 800 years that Rome had fallen to a foreign power:…
