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On the Fourth of July, 2014: “Immigrant Picnic” [poem by Gregory Djanikian]
Ghetto Picnic Photo by Matt Weber It's the fourth of July, the flags are painting the town, the plastic forks and knives are laid out like a parade. And I'm grilling, I've got my…
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MICHAEL COLLIER: AN APPRECIATION [by Peter Ferry]
A few years ago when I taught in The Netherlands, a metaphorical distinction between my students at home and my Dutch students took form in my mind. If my American kids waved their arms…
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NICK COURTRIGHT: AN APRECIATION [by Peter Ferry]
Nick Courtright’s poetry in his new volume Let There Be Light (Gold Wake Press, 2014) is serious stuff that refuses to take itself too seriously. It is all about discovering the light, lyrical and…
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BOB GLASSMAN: AN APPRECIATION [by Peter Ferry]
Bob Glassman is an Evanston, Illinois, writer, editor, poet and maker of books who has written an epic prose poem called Abscission Layer that is one of the most original pieces I’ve ever read. …
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Next Line Please: Ten Down, Four to Go in the American Scholar’s Crowd-Sourced Sonnet
The American Scholar is on line ten of its crowd-sourced sonnet, thanks to readers' clever contributions. David Lehman recognizes runners-up and now includes a winner's circle in his weekly posts. Suggest line ten for…
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HOW I KNOW THE BEST AMERICAN POETRY’S DAVID LEHMAN: OXFORD, 1968 by Peter Ferry
I once heard Kurt Vonnegut says a writer has to believe that what he’s writing right now is the most important thing anyone has ever written. That was hard for me in the…
