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  • Ron Padgett’s Collected Poems [reviewed by David Lehman]

    October 31, 2013

    I had the happy chance to review Ron Padgett's Collected Poems (Coffee House Press) for Publishers Weekly. Here are my first two grafs and a link to the rest.  — DL <<<Long a mainstay…

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  • The Dream Dictates- [by Alexandra Zelman-Doring]

    October 30, 2013

    photo (c) Katya Arnold In an interview about his school, Stanley Bosworth speaks of the god in all of us, the god in which we do not even have to believe, “because simply the…

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  • Wednesday, November 6, 6:00 PM: Launch Reading to Celebrate David Lehman’s New and Selected Poems

    October 30, 2013

    New York University Bookstore (Broadway and Waverly Place, NYC) Reading followed by conversation with NPR's Ken Tucker FREE “Very few writers can actually shape how you see the world. David Lehman is such a…

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  • E.A.P. Meets Fozzy Bear

    October 30, 2013

    Things You Should Know About Ravens 1. They are found virtually all over the world. 2. They look like crows, but are much bigger. 3. They are extremely intelligent. They use tools, learn from…

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  • The Elliston Poetry Audio Archive Has Been Digitized. Oh My! [by Michelle Burke]

    October 30, 2013

    1.  I have been reading Mary Ruefle’s collected lectures, Madness, Rack, and Honey. In “Poetry and the Moon,” Ruefle shares this: When man first walked on the moon, the New York Times interviewed various…

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  • The Muse of Fire on My Neck [by Alexandra Zelman-Doring]

    October 29, 2013

     “O Delmore how I miss you.  You inspired me to write.  You were the greatest man I ever met.  You could capture the deepest emotions in the simplest language.  Your titles were more than…

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