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From the Archive: Franz Kafka, 3 July 1883- 3 June 1924
Franz Kafka was born today. In the black-and-white Prague of his boyhood the sun shone yellow on the gray pavement. Debates were held in the cathedral. The rituals of life were very great. Every…
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Camus on Irony: When does the truth get censored? [by David Lehman]
The July 2012 Harper’s has a lot going for it, but a most enjoyable surprise for this reader was a previously unpublished, because censored, essay that Albert Camus wrote in 1939 — November 25,…
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Virginia Quarterly Review Inaugurates Poetry Posters with David Lehman’s “Poem in the Manner of the 1960s”
The Virginia Quarterly Review writes to tell us that every Friday they will be offering up a poem that’s appeared in an issue of VQR in mini-poster form. David Lehman’s “Poem in the Manner…
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Jill Allyn Rosser presents a poem by Mark Kraushaar
Perhaps the hardest thing to do when on a roll is to get off it with panache. I’ve read work by so many poets who can beautifully deliver a riveting description of something occurring…
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From the Archive: For I Will Consider the LOL Cat by Stephanie Brown
I admit to spending an afternoon perusing skateboarding and Roomba-riding cats and have also had a go or two with I Can Haz Cheezburger. My son likes Longcat, just about the tallest thing on…
