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Allen Ginsberg Talks Rolling Thunder and Dylan “Babbling Poetry” [by Alan Ziegler]
During my June 4, 1976 visit with Allen and Louis Ginsberg for The Village Voice, Allen mentioned that he had just recorded an album of his songs, and had been on tour with Bob Dylan's Rolling…
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Happy birthday, Ben Jonson, thou rare spirit and kinsman of mine [by DL]
Ben Jonson (1572-1637) Of the canonical English poets, was there ever a finer rhymester than "rare" Ben Jonson? His poems sing; they are lyrics that require no musical accompaniment, though the impulse to set…
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Happy birthday, Ben Jonson, thou rare spirit and kinsman of mine [by DL]
Ben Jonson (1572-1637) Of the canonical English poets, was there ever a finer rhymester than "rare" Ben Jonson? His poems sing; they are lyrics that require no musical accompaniment, though the impulse to set…
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Ben Hogan Wins US Open On My Birthday in 1950 [by David Lehman]
On my birthday today in 1950, Ben Hogan won the Unted States Open in a three-way playoff. What made it almost miraculous was that Hogan had suffered multiple injuries sixteen months earlier when a…
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Ben Hogan Wins US Open On My Birthday in 1950 [by David Lehman]
On my birthday today in 1950, Ben Hogan won the Unted States Open in a three-way playoff. What made it almost miraculous was that Hogan had suffered multiple injuries sixteen months earlier when a…
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On Judy Garland’s Birthday: How About You?
Music by Burton Lane, lyrics by Ralph Freed. "I love a fireside, when a storm is due / I like potato chips, moonlight, and motor trips, / How about you? // I'm mad…
