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A Modest Proposal [by David Lehman and Stacey Harwood]
Several months ago an idea surfaced on social media proposing that the Poetry Foundation use some of its vast wealth to fund a low-cost health-insurance program for poets in need. The idea has stuck…
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Johnny Chinnici, Guest Author October 7-11
photo (c) Erin Roberts This week we welcome John Chinnici as our guest author. Johnny works as a writer and editor for literary and educational non-profits. He holds an MFA from The New School,…
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In the 30th Year of His Age: Francois Villon, Rascal Poet [by David Lehman]
The original bad-boy poet roamed the countryside of fifteenth-century France. Francois Villon narrowly escaped the gallows; a vagabond and a thief, he cast his major poems in the form of satiric versions of a…
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“On Wanker Pond” and related matters (by Mitch Sisskind)
Rachel and I are creating a series of videos exploring varieties of human sexual experience. Following Dante's example, we will begin with hell and wind up with paradise. We start with the problems and conclude with the…
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Meet the Press: Nin Andrews in Conversation with Gabriel Fried, Poetry Editor of Persea Books
NA: I would like to start with a brief description of Persea Books, including who the editors are, how long you have been in existence, and how many books you publish each year. GF:…
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The Life of Man is . . .
Franz Kafka's home at #22 on the Golden Lane, Prague. In 1912, while living elsewhere, he wrote to his fiance Felice Bauer: "Time is short, my strength is limited, the office is a horror,…
