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Fifty Years Ago Today [by David Lehman]
If every day is the anniversary of something stupid, or evil, or just a big downer, like the day the Surgeon General declared that cigarettes were bad for youfifty years ago, then each day is…
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“Ives” [poem by Mandy Kahn, video by Mike Gioia]
Mandy Kahn is a poet who lives in Los Angeles. She studied with poet Robert Hass at Berkeley. In her most recent book, "Glenn Gould's Chair", she writes several poems about famous composers such…
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Next Line, Please: Two Lines a Day [by Virginia Valenzuela]
This week on Next Line, Please, we have two new prompts for all to engage with. 1. Write two lines a day, starting today; recording each day your daily lines; and combining and recombining…
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Meet the Press: Jacar Press—A Conversation with Richard Krawiec
Dante Di Stefano: How did Jacar Press come into being? Richard Krawiec: I've been involved in writing and publishing since forever. Back in the 70s in Boston, I had a friend who mimeographed sheets…
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Epigraph of the Month: “Dusty Answer”
Rosamond Lehmann took the title of her novel Dusty Answer (1927) from George Meredith's "Modern Love." This quotation serves as the book's epigraph: << Ah, what a dusty answer gets the soulWhen hot for…
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An Interview with Sally Bliumis-Dunn (by Nin Andrews)
NA: I wanted to start by asking you to post the title poem and say a few words about it. SBD: Echolocation The whales can’t hear each other calling in the…
