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Poetry from Aotearoa/New Zealand 10–Tom Weston’s ‘The Old Dog’
The Old Dog A slipping away on this still day. Autumn in the warmth that is the wood of things. A comfort in the…
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Kelle Groom, Guest Author August 25-29
This week we welcome Kelle Groom as our guest author. Kelle's poetry collections are Five Kingdoms, recognized in Entertainment Weekly's "Best New Poetry" (Anhinga Press); Luckily, a Florida Book Award winner (Anhinga); and Underwater City (University…
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Seeking peace by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat
(ed note: another wise post by Rachel. sdh) Lately I've been working on finding the right balance between paying attention to the world and its many injustices, and cultivating an internal sense of peacefulness…
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Book Rec: Lynn Xu’s Debts & Lessons (Omnidawn, 2013) [Sara Eliza Johnson]
I first encountered Lynn Xu’s work in a church in Seattle, which was fitting, as her reading was as close to a spiritual experience as a poetry reading can possibly get for me. I…
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On Debussy’s Birthday [by David Lehman]
08 / 22 / 08 Today in 1862Claude Debussy was born.I remember where I was and what I was doingone hundred years and two months later:elementary algebra, trombone practice,Julius Caesar on the record playerwith…
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Art that Haunts: Ovid’s Actaeon [Sara Eliza Johnson]
Source: McSweeney's Some of the most affecting artwork—or, at least, the art that really “gets” me—is the art that haunts. Not many scenes in literature have stuck with me quite like Ovid’s tale of…
