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Un-naming modern primitivism and Beauty in Mondrian’s abstraction [by Tracy Danison]
Rene Rimbert, "Nature morte au jeu de cartes"©Musée Maillol, Paris Two lovely and intriguing painting exhibitions ongoing at Musée Maillol and Musée Marmottan Monet offer more than their titles suggest. Les Grands maîtres naïfs:…
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Straight Down the Line: Noir Dialogue [by David Lehman and Suzanne Lummis]
Name some striking lines of noir dialogue that stick with you? Suzanne Lummis: Some might see this coming, since it’s shown up a couple times–in my poem called “Venetian Blinds: Ghazal-like Noir” and in…
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“Opening Shot” [by David Lehman]
Marsh Hawk Press has sponsored the wonderful Chapter One project, brief memoirs "on becoming a poet," a new chapter each month, with contributions from Denise Duhamel, Phillip Lopate, Eileen Tabios, Jane Hirshfield, Burt Kimmelman, Sandy…
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“You’re My Thrill” [by David Lehman]
"You're My Thrill" — as sung by Helen Merrill (1965) 1. You’re my thrill,my joint, my shot, my magic pill. I dwell in that gaudy denof smoke and mirrors where, when you close my…
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“In Search of the Sublime”: The Art of Ricardo Jose Mujica
<<<Born and raised in New York City, Ricky Mujica studied art at the High School of Art and Design, Parsons in Paris, and at Parsons School of Design. The artwork of Ricky Mujica was…
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On George Gershwin’s Birthday (9/26): Dean & Ella Sing a ‘Swonderful Medley
The first four minutes are all Gershwin.