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Parmigianino and His Poets [by Mindy Aloff]
Francesco Mazzola, called Il Parmigianino (1503–1540) Schiava Turca, c. 1531–34 Oil on panel 26 3/4 x 20 7/8 inches Galleria Nazionale di Parma Photo: Scala/Art Resource, NY When, back in college, I first encountered…
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Next Line Please: Five down, nine to go on the American Scholar’s crowd-sourced sonnet
On Tuesday, May 6, The American Scholar launched a website experiment in writing crowd-sourced poetry—in this case, a sonnet. David Lehman wrote the first line and selects subsequent lines from among those submitted by…
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A Hankering for “Who Cares?” [by Stacey Harwood]
photo by Quinn Farley The anticipation of Mindy Aloff's posts gave me a hankering for the ballet. As it happens both the New York City Ballet and The American Ballet Theater are in town…
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George Schneeman and Gang: A Review and a Photo
The George Schneeman show, which runs at Poets Hosue until September 20, got an excellent review from Tim Keane in Hyperallergic, as you will see if you click here. Sharon Preiss reviewed the show for…
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“Recognition” [by Pia Aliperti]
Today I’m without anchorwithout overcoat, without morning commute eating my lunch on the Staten Island Ferry,making roundtrips in the heat of the day, stretching my legs, and then boardingthe same boat that brought me…
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Poets’ “Jeopardy” and Three Fun Projects for Poets [by Mindy Aloff]
POETS' "JEOPARDY" Special Edition: Poetry and the Dance Question: What do the careers of Thomas Hardy, Emily Dickinson, Louis MacNeice, Marianne Moore, Amiri Baraka (né LeRoi Jones), James Merrill, Kenneth Koch, and Frank O’Hara…
