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How Frank Sinatra changed the world [by David Lehman]
Sammy Davis Jr. visits Dean Martin at the MGM studios, where the duo were making "Some Came Running" in 1958. The movie co-starred Rat Pack "mascot" Shirley MacLaine, who years later would affectionate describe…
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Writing a Lost Generation Novel (by Lawrence J. Epstein)
I wanted a writing challenge, as though my original plan of trying to write a complex mystery filled with twists, red herrings, and a sympathetic hero weren’t enough. Since the hero was a young…
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For Autumn: Poems by Latino/a/xs: David Dominguez
How I Became a Poet by David Dominguez the Horses’ Heads/ Were toward Eternity– “Because I Could not Stop For Death,” Emily Dickinson In spring, my mother cranked open…
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Outro: Poets Give Advice to Their Younger Poet Selves
I want to revisit my post from the top of the week. It is my wish that all of the poets out there working on that first (or next) book can take a breath…
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For Autumn: Poems by Latino/a/xs: Rachel McKibbens
illustration by Isabela Ramos sermon by Rachel McKibbens Each time I see a woman walking in a grocery store or sitting on a bench in a park or a funeral parlor,…
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For Autumn: Poems by Latino/a/xs: Rita Maria Martinez
Eating Corn by Rita Maria Martinez I watch as you dip the knife in the tub of Country Crock and slather the cob, witness the methodical dismemberment, how you eat one kernel, one…
