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Marie Ponsot Honored by Mezzo Cammin Women Poets Timeline Project [by Catherine Woodard]
Marie Ponsot received the inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award by the Mezzo Cammin Women Poets Timeline Project at Fordham University at Lincoln Center. The Oct. 20 celebration also marked the 75th essay posted on the timeline,…
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On the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature [by Jeffrey Meyers]
Our Literature desk have come up with some opening odds on this year's Nobel prize. Margaret Atwood is 6/1. https://t.co/cNZEoerevz pic.twitter.com/dCf8ccd2Ub — Ladbrokes Politics (@LadPolitics) September 7, 2017 Ladbrokes betting odds for this year’s…
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“A Feast for John Ashbery” — a true account of a dinner we had in 2005 [by David Lehman]
This article was written after a dinner for six — John Ashbery, Mark Bibbins, Brian Chambers, Stacey Harwood, David Kermani, and me. Here's a a brief excerpt: <<< In the time-honored male manner I…
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The Sweet Scientist [by David Lehman]
There were greater heavyweights — Dempsey, Louis, Ali — but only one champ retired undefeated, having won all fifty of his bouts, most by knockout. Rocky Marciano of Brockton, Mass., may have been a…
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“Part-time naughty/part-time biblical”: Mitch Sisskind Poetry Forum at the New School [by Virginia Valenzuela]
Mitch Sisskind, sporting his newest collection of poetry and prose entitled Do Not Be a Gentleman When You Say Goodnight, read for The New School’s MFA Writing program on October 11th 2017, and…
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TALES FROM UNDER THE PALAPA #2: “He Says, She Says” [by Bianca Juarez]
(Editor's note: This is the second 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.…
