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Mad Men: the Limits of Liberation [by Connie Aitcheson]
It seemed to be a night of liberation for the women of Mad Men: Peggy defying expectations and moving in with Abe, Megan bursting with new ideas and even little Sally coming out as…
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A Gesture of Beginnings By Timothy O’Keefe
It takes just one awful second, I often think, and an entire epoch passes. —Sebald In the smallest of intervals, one discovers the indefinite change. I love the dizzying blur of time in…
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You win if. . .
You win if you can name the bandleader with the clarinet and the singer and what is it that you win? How about this: Have you ever tried a Ramos Gin Fizz with…
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The Businessman, the Statesman, and the Poet
Ed note: On Thursday, April 26, 2012, at The Corner Bookstore in Manhattan (93rd Street and Madison Avenue), Dana Gioia read from Pity the Beautiful, his most recent volume of poetry. Here is the…
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“fist machine” [by Katie Thompson]
Blue, I’ve got you grounded.One clap for anarchy & your power grid,three more times if the first succeeded. My knuckles are pink from nickels you slidacross the table; my mouth is tired of tryingto…
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Timothy O’Keefe, Guest Blogger April 29-May 5
This week we welcome Timothy O’Keefe as our guest blogger. Timothy is the author of The Goodbye Town, winner of the 2010 FIELD Poetry Prize. His poems and lyric essays have appeared in The…
