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“Sing, Sing, Sing”: the epitome of the swing era
Good morning, Benny Goodman, on your birthday. I would nominate your band's rendition of "Sing, Sing, Sing" as the paradigmatic song of the swing era. Just listen: Doesn't it make you want to dance–…
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The Politics of the Erotic [by Denise Duhamel]
When my poetry book The Woman with Two Vaginas was published by Salmon Run Press in 1995, I was horrified that it carried a subtitle (not of my choosing) “erotic poetry.” While…
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Lunching with Elaine Equi [by David Lehman]
Sometimes, when lunching alone, I bring Elaine Equi along for company,rereading Ripple Effect sipping a cup of strong black coffee and slippinginto the room where Fairfield Porter paints the light, and solituderhymes with altitude, attitude, multitude,…
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Gastronomical Perfection [by M. F. K. Fisher]
<< I feel now that gastronomical perfection can be reached in these combinations: one person dining alone, usually upon a couch or a hill side; two people, of no matter what sex or age,…
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Lilac Season [by Stacey Harwood-Lehman]
Édouard Manet (1832-1883), White Lilac, oil on canvas circa 1882 Every spring my mother would drive to the abandoned mansion on Carlton Road. The long path leading to the front door was shaded by…
