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“Bread and Wine” by Friedrich Hölderlin [trans. David Lehman]
"I don't believe you have any notion of the pleasure that the arrival of the fourth volume of Hölderlin's collected works provided me. I had been waiting for it so long and so eagerly…
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Squib 308: The Early Days of Television, Second Wave [by Alan Ziegler]
In the early 1970s, cable comes to Manhattan, agonizingly one neighborhood at a time. The main draw is being able to watch Knicks home games. A company called Teleprompter (they write it TelePrompTer)…
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The Questions They Should Ask the Candidates (without telling them in advance) [by David Lehman]
1a) Which do you favor, the Rolling Stones or the Beatles, and why? 1b) Which do you prefer, Picasso or Matisse? 1c) Bob Dylan, Dylan Thomas, or Thomas Alva Edison? 2) Do you consider…
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On Immortality; or, Just When You Thought Agoraphobia Was Curable [by James Cummins]
Jim Longenbach, estimable poet and critic, visited our humble scene a few years back and gave a terrific lecture and poetry reading. In the awkward making-conversation at Starbuck's preceding the events, we got to…
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CONSUL & MESHIE: a memento mori for the Age of Aquarius [by Tracy Danison]
Consul&Meshie©AnjaWeber Does your mind keep getting fogged up? Yes, mine, too. The fog’s why I keep a “memento mori” on or around me. I recommend it. When a thick bank of the opaque, cold,…
