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Games Poets Play [by Heather Christle]
This evening I was reading this post on The Hairpin, all about "low-effort toddler games" like "Do You Like My Hat?" and "Hide Things in Your Clothes," and it reminded me of a passage from…
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For Saint Patrick’s Day: The Gaelic Symphony by Amy Beach (September 5, 1867 – December 27, 1944)
To find out more about this gifted composer, go here. — sdl
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Eamon Grennan: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
________________________________________________________________ Skunk Night brims with his bittersweet. Sometimes a squashed body does it: for miles The highway blows…
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Only Death Wows Me [by Mitch Sisskind]
Only Death Wows Me Hi, all. A couple of things. Only death wows me. Mansions, big private yachts, I can appreciate That stuff but it doesn't wow me. Not even birth, Because first…
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Marlene Dietrich, The Original Blonde Venus [by David Lehman]
Blonde Venus In his latest Talking Pictures column for The American Scholar, David Lehman considers the enduring allure of Marlene Dietrich, whose seductive voice and androgynous style commanded screen and stage for more than…
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RIP Walter LaFeber, the distinguished historian & Cornell professor
Walter LaFeber, the legendary Cornell professor of history, with many devoted students included who went on to hold oimportant posts in the US government, died yesterday in Ithaca at the age of 87. The…
