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Why Auden is an Aquarius [by Jill Baron]
Wystan Hugh Auden, born February 21, 1905 When I read Under Which Lyre: A Reactionary Tract for the Times (the Phi Beta Kappa Poem he read at Harvard in 1946) for the first time,…
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“Casting Call” [by Patricia Carlin]
after Jon Woodward There were glass blowers, and backbiters,and glass-growers; and there were back-boners; and waste-makers; and the usualwoman in the back room, whoseold bones tolled, whose soulhad dimly and…
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The Imaginary Burning Car by Jerry Williams
Since we are still huddled together in the toxic shadow of Valentine's Day, I suppose it's appropriate to write about breaking up. Surely, thousands of VD survivors waited until after the holiday to move…
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But who knows where or when?
These two gentlemen are(1) drinking a cocktail concocted by Matthew Yeager(2) toasting the Civitella Ranieri in Umbria(3) plotting a trade that will clear salary room so the Knicks can pursue free agent LeBron James next summer(4) congratulating themselves on…
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Good-bye, Kathryn Grayson, 1922-2010
Kathryn Grayson died today at the age 88. Miss Grayson was one of the last survivors of Hollywood's Golden Age, perhaps best remembered for her performance as Magnolia Hawks in Show Boat (1951), in…
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This Just In . . . National Grammar Day Writing Contest
March 4 is National Grammar Day and Grammar Girl is going to celebrate with a parts-of-speech creative writing contest. Enter a poem, essay, or short story about your favorite (or least favorite) part of speech. The maximum…
