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Ils ont entendu le vent dans les arbres . . .
Thanks to Jim Cummins for sending this along. Believed to be the only time Johnny Carson sang in public: Thanks, Jim! — sdh
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For “Plume,” Another Feather in the Cap
The new issue of Plume is out. Edited by the admirably imaginative Danny Lawless, issue #129 (May 2022) contains work by D. Nurkse, Tomasz Różyck, Susan Aizenberg, Bill Stratton, Jeffrey Skinner, Cartol Muske-Dukes, Lauren Camp,…
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On Games [by Lauren Hilger]
In writing poetry, I’ve found that occupying three different positions is important: cold editor, kind tutor, and just a writer. In looking at my poems as a cold editor, I’m impartial, ruthless, determined. Cold…
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The Fork in the Road: On Frost’s Misunderstood Masterwork [by David Lehman]
Not the least of Robert Frost’s accomplishments is that he managed to balance popularity with artistic excellence. Take “The Road Not Taken” (1920), arguably his most famous poem. You probably read it in high…
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On Reverence [by Lauren Hilger]
[a conversation with short story writer and playwright, Abuchi Modilim] LH: I’ve been thinking about reverence and how to define it for myself. What makes you reverent of some writers (beyond just admiring their…
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On the Juicy Tube [by Lauren Hilger]
Today I offer a meditation on the 2000s cultural power icon: Lancôme’s Juicy Tube. A generation's foray to makeup. Let’s consider together an object that stands as a symbol, an antique, a kind of…
