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  • THE ARCHITECTURE OF ENTHUSIASM PART 3 by Brian Bouldrey

    December 6, 2011

    3. No Pain, No Gain Okay, so what if we just say “enthusiasm” is not the most serious part of making or observing art?  I am as guilty as anyone of pushing the serious…

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  • Homage to Sextus Propertius — Cordelia Heaney’s Version

    December 5, 2011

    Amid desire you finger me in the crime,with that noble face, so conscious, of romance?to divide all my multiple ill predilections,multitude of Hypnotic Venus faces besides the earth;your ample consent nurtured lovesCynthia, two for…

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  • All I Want for Christmas is a Trip to the Titanic (by Laura Orem)

    December 5, 2011

    Stacey asked us to post our gift recommendations for the holiday season. But if I do that, people will know what they're getting from me. So instead, I thought I'd help out you generous…

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  • THE ARCHITECTURE OF ENTHUSIASM PART 2 by Brian Bouldrey

    December 5, 2011

    2. You Kids Get Off My Lawn             Don’t be afraid of John Ruskin.  Just think of him as I do, shouting at the neighbor kids who are on his lawn (it’s also useful…

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  • “Sometimes the cow puts her foot in the bucket.” David Lehman interviews A. R. Ammons Part III

    December 5, 2011

    Self Portrait (c) A. R. Ammons 1977 David Lehman A. R. Ammons Interview Part III Find Part II here. Find Part I here.   

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  • “Autumn Evening” by David Lehman

    December 5, 2011

    From Jim Tyler's Larch Tree Press in Ithaca, New York:  

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