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From “What Princeton Did to My Husband” [by Solveig Lucia Gold]
Solveig Lucia Gold, Joshua Katz's wife, rises to the doleful occasion of the dismissal of Katz, the renowned professor of classics at Princeton. Princeton "has revoked my tenure and dismissed me," Katz writes. "Whoever…
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“Superbly Situated” [by Bob Hershon, May 28,1936 – March 20, 2021]
Superbly Situated you politely ask me not to die and i promise not toright from the beginning—a relationship based ongood sense and thoughtfulness in little things i would like to be loved for such…
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Here’s to you, Wayne Thiebaud
Wayne Thiebaud died in 2021 at the age of 101. A new book presents the painter's accomplishments. Wayne Thiebaud, Cold Case, 2010–13, Oil on canvas. The painting appears in Wayne Thiebaud: Updated Edition (Rizzoli Electa).
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The Poetry Question [by Dave Morice]
What is poetry? Here is a modern approach to answering that ancient question. The following list contains genuine quotes about “poetry,” “poet,” etc. by famous writers throughout the ages. However, those particular words have…
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West Covina or Rancho Cucamonga [by Mitch Sisskind]
West Covina or Rancho Cucamonga Got a phone number where you talk To dead people of course they're not Really dead it's just some guy out in West Covina or Rancho Cucamonga But…
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“Why ‘Nixonland’ Matters” [by Joe Lehman]
When I was twenty-five, backpacking through Australia, I carried with me my hardcover copy of Rick Perlstein’s Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America. It absorbed me for all seven months…
