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The Ron Padgett Show [by Philip Brunst]
After a warm introduction from moderator David Lehman, Ron Padgett took the podium on Wednesday night at the New School before a hardy, show-must-go-on crowd that had trekked through sleet and slush to attend.…
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The Year in Review: Poetryland or Coleslaw by Jordan Davis (February 23, 2012)
“Hello America let’s tell the truth!” — Peter Schjeldahl, “To the National Arts Council” The correct answer, when asked about any poet living or dead, is “I love them.” Ask any poet you’ve ever…
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The Transformative Power of Literature [by Sholeh Wolpé]
The 1979 Iranian revolution was a people’s revolution hijacked. Whether Muslim, Jewish, socialist or atheist, all fought side-by-side to end one tyrannical regime to only find themselves in the clutches of another, even more…
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Shadow Patrol: Thoughts on the NYC Sandy Blackout, Plus a Poem by Elaine Equi [by Jerome Sala]
Like millions of other people in the NYC area, Elaine (my wife) and I spent most of last week in the cold dark, without light or heat. We did have cold running water, and…
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On Robert Frost, “Bereft” (by Jenny Factor)
Forgive me, those of you in “weather”. Under weather. Riding out weather. Here is a poem much on my mind. It has traveled beside me for over a week…leashed (or perhaps, unleashed and dislodged…
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The Year in Review: That Is Not What I Meant at All by Michael Robbins (February 13, 2012)
As a graduate student at the University of Chicago, I had to take a seminar to learn how to be a “writing intern” in the Humanities Core. This involved writing fake comments on fake…
