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Last Night’s Q & A with John Ashbery at the New School
David Lehman: Is there a book you wish you had written? John Ashbery: Kafka's Amerika, Firbank's Valmouth, and Proust À la recherche du temps perdu. — sdh
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The Year in Review: Tech Electric: Poetry and the Synchronicity of Sensory by Julie E. Bloemeke (October 19, 2012)
Monday’s blog began with my connection to the confluence of synchronicity as a means to the muse and poetry. Throughout the week I have tried to open further conversation in regards to how technology…
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The Year in Review: Auden on Prayer Book Revision: No More Mr. Nice Guy? by J. Chester Johnson (October 8, 2012)
When the article, “On Working with W. H. Auden on The Psalms,” appeared here, I received a number of questions and requests for more information. So, I’m taking this opportunity to respond – at…
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Why typing John Ashbery’s “The Instruction Manual” is a good thing [by Dara Wier]
These, I suppose, two Candadians, have been watching me for many years. They're in a painting James Tate and I found on a trans-Canadian road trip. We don't know who they are, or why…
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ELLISTON POET, R.I.P. – part 3 [by Jim Cummins]
(read Part I and Part 2 of this series) When I moved back to Cincinnati in 1975, I began collecting Cincinnati quotes—references to the city in books, magazines, the popular media, etc. Sort of…
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The Year in Review: Lasagna and Marge by Nancy Davidoff Kelton (October 4, 2012)
In her 70s, my mother began to call some women “Marge.” The real Marge, a kind, caring neighbor, visited my parents with homemade cookies and condominium gossip. She enjoyed my mother’s company. She and…
