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Next Line, Please: Questions and Echoes [by Virginia Valenzuela]
Have you ever written or read a poem that started and ended with a question, and found yourself so totally enthralled, so mystified, and included? Well, for this week's installment of Next Line, Please,…
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On Writing “On Not Using the Word Cunt . . .” [by Lisa Williams]
<<<I enjoyed Jim Cummins' and Denise Duhamel's comments, as I've enjoyed their poetry over the years. It's a pleasure to be in their company. I want to approach this subject from a different angle.…
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Auden on the Difference Between Authors and Critics
<< There are people who are too intelligent to become authors, but they do not become critics. >> W. H. Auden, "Reading" (in The Dyer's Hand, 1962)
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William Holden tells it like it is in the “Executive Suite” [by David Lehman]
"Is that what you want on your gravestone when you die — that you raised the dividend to three dollars or four or even five or six or seven?" William Holden in Executive Suite…
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In Praise of William Holden on His Birthday [by David Lehman]
Born in O'Fallon, Illinois, on April 17, 1918, William Franklin Beedle was the most energetic kid in his class. He was popular among the boys because he was a good teammate in sports. The…
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Grace Cavalieri Reviews “Playlist”
Grace Cavalieri reviews Playlist by David Lehman. University of Pittsburgh Press. 64 pages. <<<Lehman, already at the forefront of our literary culture, writes a music retrospective inspired by his friend, the late great poet A.R.…
