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It’s Magic: Doris Day on her Birthday (April 3)
The great Doris Day, who died the other day [May 2019], was celebrated for her work in romantic comedies of the 1960s. She was box office gold with James Garner, Cary Grant, and…
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Sweet Tea by John Lane [by Nin Andrews]
I know AWP just happened, and everyone can't stop talking about it. I used to go the conference but haven't attended for years. I can't say I miss it. But then again, I do…
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Two Poems from Whirlwind Duststorm by John Hawke [Introduced by Thomas Moody]
There’s a certain watchmaker’s quality to many of the poems in John Hawke’s collection Whirlwind Duststorm (published by the excellent Grand Parade Poets): assemblages of distinct parts meticulously pieced together into compact forms that…
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Announcing BAP 2025 [edited by Terence Winch]
Guest edited by Terence Winch—NEA Fellow and editor of the “pick of the week” on the Best American Poetry blog—the 2025 edition marks a poignant farewell to series editor David Lehman, celebrating more…
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“April Fools’ Day” [by Elaine Feinstein, 1930-2019]
April Fools’ Dayin memory of Isaac Rosenberg (1890-1918) Does anybody know what it was all for?Not Private Rosenberg, short as John Keats.A nudge from Ezra Pound took him to war,to sleep on boards, in…
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Henry James on “genders and pronouns”
"You bewilder me a litte," I replied; "in the age we live in one gets lost among the genders and the pronouns" — Henry James, "The Death of the Lion" (1895)
