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Introducing the Orchestra and its Creatures [by Lera Auerbach]
• Orchestra: democratic dictatorship. • Piccolo flute: ears’ toothpick. • Piccolo’s passages: scraping of the nervous system. • Flute: skeleton of an exotic bird. • Flute in the low register: unheard of.…
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On Awful Poetry by Sydney Lea
–> I was at a gathering not long ago –the venue isn’t important– when I heard a soldier recite a poem. He’d been struggling after getting home, and small wonder: twice deployed to Afghanistan,…
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Robert Pinsky on Radio Boston: The “weird majesty” of American poetry
Former US Poet Laureate and Guest Editor of The Best of the Best American Poetry Robert Pinsky in the WBUR studios. (Jesse Costa/WBUR) Listen to the program and read excerpts from The Best of…
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In Memoriam Robert Siegel by Sydney Lea
Pool by the Sheep Gate He’d been lying there most of his life. When the angel troubled the water, he couldn’t move fast enough to be first. He had no wife or…
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Tonight at KGB: Jackie Clark + Adam Fitzgerald
KGB Monday Night Poetry is pleased to present… Jackie Clark + Adam Fitzgerald Monday, April 1st, 2013 Doors open at 7:00 pm Reading starts at 7:30pm Admission is FREE www.KgbBar.com 85 East…
