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“Sperm Heaven” by Henri Michaux (trans. David Lehman)
A man’s sperm bears a curious resemblance to the man himself – to his character, I should say. A woman’s egg bears an astonishing resemblance to that woman’s character. Both sperm and egg…
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Some More Summer Reading [by Moira Egan]
It's been an Andrea-infused whirlwind at the West Chester Poetry Conference this week, and it's also, I will formally state, been a lot of fun. And I don't mean this post to seem a…
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“The Rhubarb Fizz at Fitzbillies” (by Stacey Harwood)
Stacey Harwood wires from Fitzbillies, the legendary tea shop on Trumpington Street in Cambridge, with the news that the venerable institution, which faced bankrutcy not too long ago, is thriving under new management and…
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Storm’s a comin’; and a poem by Marilyn Nelson [by Jennifer Michael Hecht]
Dear Bleaders, It is going to storm here soon, it’s not due until tonight, but the wind is already doing weird things to the leaves. I'm hoping my little garden withstands it. Here's…
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“The Triple Cain Theory of Hollywood and War” [by David Lehman]
On Memorial Day weekend — and again on the anniversary of D-Day — we take a solemn moment to remember our war heroes. In 1944, the man who would have been my father-in-law, had…
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Formally Speaking: Housekeeping the Sonnets [by Moira Egan]
Last night we had the great pleasure of listening to Julia Alvarez read — her poems! She said herself that it's been a while since she thought of herself as a poet rather than…
