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George Balanchine (1904-1983) on Dance
Balanchine is tremendously quotable – if only because so many of his bon mots are adapted from others. When he declared himself to be “not a man but a cloud in trousers,” for example,…
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What a difference can make #1 : the genius in Cheng Tsung-lung’s “Full Moon” [by Tracy Danison]
Photo: Sydney Dance Theater Cheng Tsung-lung’s lovely "Full Moon" at the Palais de Chaillot was part of the Sydney Dance Theater’s performance 2018 offer. As an experience, Cheng’s performance is as brilliant a non-verbal…
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Ungovernable Venom: A Review of Joseph Spece’s Bad Zoo
Bad ZooJoseph SpeceFathom Books, 2018 Joseph Spece’s new collection of poetry, Bad Zoo, questions, with barbed vehemence, the knowability of any self; the poems in this odd bestiary writhe with uncanny personae bent on…
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Poem for Jim Cummins [“Riverboat Gamble” by David Lehman]
"Darwin predicted you," Jim Cummins said."You're in the theory." His assailant fled. People clapped. They wanted Jim to make a speech."My subject is Cincinnati," he said. "Do I dare to eat a peach?" Into…
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Lehman & Verga at the Russian Samovar, Sunday, Jan.27 at 6 PM
Andrey Gritsman's INTERCULTURAL POETRY READINGS has found a new home: The RUSSIAN SAMOVAR RESTAURANT AND PIANO BAR256 W 52nd StNew York, NY 10019 between Broadway and 8th Avenue and on Sunday,…
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What Is the Great Test of any Poem? (by Nin Andrews)
Reading Michael Dirda’s review of Best American Poetry 2018, I was stopped by these sentences: The great test of any poem is simply Would I like to learn this by heart? Alas, nothing here quite merits…
