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Susan Lewis, Guest Author October 30-November 3
This week we welcome Susan Lewis as our guest author. Susan is the author of Zoom, winner of the Washington Prize (The Word Works, 2018) as well as nine other books and chapbooks, including…
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Commuters Who Found “Heaven” in the NYC Subway [by Catherine Woodard]
When "Heaven" appeared in the NYC subways, many admirers of the poem asked author Patrick Phillips for permission (not that they needed it) to highlight his poem in funerals and memorials. Several mailed programs that…
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Stephen Paul Miller remembers John Ashbery
<<<As an English professor and New York poet, John Ashbery was not only my greatest artistic influence but also a friend. So it shocked me when the late, great poet reached out to me…
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Poetry in Motion Fans Find Ways to Thank the Poets [by Catherine Woodard]
Some fans of Poetry in Motion are moved by the poems they read in the New York City subways to write to the poets, contacting them through the internet and social media or via the…
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Poems to People Who Might Not Seek Them [by Catherine Woodard]
When Marilyn Nelson’s poem, “A Strange Beautiful Woman” appeared in New York subway cars this year, she saw lots of selfies with the poem on Facebook. Most fans presumed the narrator in the…
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TALES FROM UNDER THE PALAPA #3: Baja Lullaby [by Joy Wright Abbott]
(Editor's note: This is the third in a series about the Todos Santos Writers Workshop, a new under–the-radar program that flourishes in Todos Santos, Mexico. Find the first post, by co-founder Rex Weiner, here and the second, by Bianca Juarez, here. sdl) …
