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Martin Peretz on Harvard
<<< Harvard had a kind of indifference to its Americanness then [postwar years]: Europe was still everything, Cambridge and Oxford were the colleges, Britain was the culture. American bounty was ignored. Four Mark Rothko murals hung until…
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Robert Hershon Presents a Poem by Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel
Bob Hershon (pictured here, with Elizabeth Swados, prior to their reading at KGB Bar last Monday evening), has been selecting our Sunday poems from Hanging Loose. Photo credit: Star Black This poem by Wilma…
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Paul Violi Picks the Contest Winners!
In December 2007, the late Paul Violi (left) read the entries for our BEST AMERICAN POETRY challenge # 2. We repost the results today, Paul's birthday. THE CHALLENGE (devised by David Lehman): When deciphered,…
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“It’s a Wonderful Life” [by Paul Violi]
It's a Wonderful Life After the national fanfare died down, the quintuplets grew up protected from further exploitation in the safety and privacy that state funds and public donations ensured. …
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WEDNESDAYS WITH DENISE: July 19, 2023
Next week—on July 25th—Penguin will release Terrance Hayes’s Watch Your Language. The book is series of fantastic essays about the last century of American poetry. Including graphs, artwork, multiple choice quizzes, tarot cards, a…
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WEDNESDAYS WITH DENISE: July 19, 2023
Next week—on July 25th—Penguin will release Terrance Hayes’s Watch Your Language. The book is series of fantastic essays about the last century of American poetry. Including graphs, artwork, multiple choice quizzes, tarot cards, a…
