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On Literature and Food [by Raymond Sokolov]
Banquet Scene Nicias Painter (circa 420 BC In our food-besotted culture, chefs and cookbook authors get far more respect, by and large, than poets or classical musicias or scholars ever did before post-modernism had…
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Did Goethe Read Horace? [by Raymond Sokolov]
Portrayal of Horace by Giacomo Di Chirico Goethe’s famous mountain lyric, “On every summit,” (see yesterday’s post) reminded me of a now even more famous “poetic” encounter in the mountains of Crete during World…
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PEN World Voices [by Sharon Preiss]
(This is the first installment in a short series. Stay tuned for more about the PEN World Voices Festival!) Every spring, for nine years running, the PEN World Voices Festival brings an astounding array…
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Tonight at KGB: Sarah Arvio + David Kinloch
KGB Monday Night Poetry is pleased to present… Sarah Arvio + David Kinloch Monday, May 13, 2013 Hosted by John Deming and Matthew Yeager Series founded in 1997 by Star Black and…
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On Goethe in Translation [by Raymond Sokolov]
By any normal standard, Dorothea Röschmann’s lieder recital at Zankel Hall was a shining success. The German opera star performed 21 gems from the standard art-song repertory by Schubert, Liszt, Strauss and Hugo Wolf…
