-
Looking at England, from China (by Martin Stannard)
Good morning. It's very pleasant to be here. I thought you might like to know all the latest poetry news, gossip, scandal and theoretical debates from British Poetry World. And I'm particularly well-placed to…
-
Martin Stannard, Guest Blogger September 4-10
This week we welcome Martin Stannard as our guest blogger. Martin is a poet and critic from England. He was editor of the magazine joe soap's canoe from 1978 to 1991, and was the…
-
Check out the Poet Line-Up at KGB Bar this Fall
Monday Night Poetry will be back at KGB Bar starting September 26. We're quite proud & unabashedly excited to present our Fall 2011 line-up below. Mark your calendars, & we will see you soon! In solidarity,Megin…
-
“September 1, 1939” [by W. H. Auden]
I sit in one of the divesOn Fifty-second StreetUncertain and afraidAs the clever hopes expireOf a low dishonest decade:Waves of anger and fearCirculate over the brightAnd darkened lands of the earth,Obsessing our private lives;The…
-
“A Guide for the Perplexed” — chptr. two (by Mitch Sisskind)
An hour before noon Venice Beach was crowded, but something had changed in the rather extended period since my last visit. There were no…
-
Backwater Blues (by Laura Orem)
The post-Irene footage from New Jersey, New York, and Vermont is sobering and sad. Our hearts go out to those who have lost so much. New Jersey New York Vermont In 1927, Bessie Smith…
