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Medium of the Month: Stacey Harwood-Lehman; Ghost Poet: W.H. Auden
In the spirit of Halloween, I'm serving up poets from the past for the New School's Inquisitive Eater. Here's my second post, about a W.H. Auden poem inspired by M.F.K. Fisher: M.F.K. Fisher (1908-1992),…
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Tales of the Eighties: Sinatra Nods [by Alan Ziegler]
(In honor of publication of David Lehman's Sinatra's Century.) 1980, Zoot Sims and Al Cohn are leading a quartet at Fat Tuesdays. After two wonderful sets, I’m about to leave when I overhear a waiter…
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And So the Story Goes [ by Charles Coe]
The guy ordering his sandwich was swaying back and forth and slurring his words like a punch-drunk boxer, while the two young women behind the counter exchanged a “wish-we-were-anywhere-but-here” look. At first glance he…
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Music to Usher in Your Week Courtesy of Lew Saul
Posted by Lewis Saul on Monday, October 19, 2015 Posted by Lewis Saul on Monday, October 19, 2015
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May you grow like an onion . . .
The litany of Jewish curses, calls, and wisecracks that became bright spots in immigrant literature were lacking in our courtyard. We never heard the famous bread call: "Ma, cut me off and butter me…
