-
“The Unavoidable Sensuous Apprehension that We Were Indeed a Little Ball in Space . . . ” David Lehman interviews A. R. Ammons
A recent issue of the New Yorker (the same issue that published David's poem "It Could Happen to You") included an article about the poetry of A. R. Ammons. The article mentions Ammons' Paris…
-
Introducing Mr. Ashbery: Four Instances [Howard in 1967, Koch in 1963, Lehman in 2008, and Schultz in 1996]
A tape of excerpts from four introductions to poetry readings given by John Ashbery was posted on January 8, 2014, by PennSound Podcast: <<<PennSound podcast serves up a treat — a new compilation of introductions given…
-
“Something Wonderful May Happen” screening at The New School
"Something Wonderful May Happen" (2001), a documentary made by Danish filmmakers about the New York School of Poetry, will be shown at 6 PM this Friday evening December 8 at The New School, in…
-
Next Line, Please: Abecedarius in 26 Words
This week's prompt for Next Line, Please called for variants and elaborations on “I’m going to break that marriage up” (spoken by Teresa Wright in The Best Years of Our Lives) or Norah Ephron’s…
-
Squibs 234-243 [By Alan Ziegler]
234. As a young reporter in 1970, I was assigned to review a musical billed as a tryout for Broadway. I declared the production a “pleasant enough way to spend a summer evening, but…