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  • Showtime at the Matrix [by Tomás Q. Morín]

    December 19, 2012

    The day before I was to have my teeth cleaned, I was telling my wife over the phone how the dentist’s office had said I would be free at 10:00 from their chamber of…

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  • Workshop Days [by Tomás Q. Morin]

    December 18, 2012

    Sometimes I get nostalgic and think about my classmates from my MFA years and how I adored so many of the poems I had the privilege of reading in those workshops and how much…

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  • Your Book Here [by Jake Adam York]

    December 17, 2012

    (This post first appeared on July 18, 2011. — sdh ) Last week, my wife and I snuck away into the mountains. I packed only one book. The plan was to read the land—penstemon,…

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  • David Lehman Interview up on “Hot Street”

    December 17, 2012

    Take your vitamins, drink plenty of fluids, and be patient with those who make legitimate demands on your time. “Be to their virtues very kind, be to their faults a little blind.” Read the…

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  • “Eating is a small, good thing in a time like this . . .”

    December 17, 2012

                It was warm inside the bakery. Howard stood up from the table and took off his coat. He helped Ann from her coat. The baker looked at them for a minute and then…

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  • Tomás Q. Morín, Guest Blogger December 17-21

    December 17, 2012

    This week we welcome Tomás Q. Morín as our guest blogger.  Tomás is the winner of the 2012 APR/Honickman First Book Prize for his collection A Larger Country. He is co-editor with Mari L’Esperance of…

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