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Next Line, Please: Long Story Short (But I Could Be Wrong) [by Virginia Valenzuela]
Last week, David Lehman promised us a new prompt that was sure to be clever, artful, interesting, and smart. After a few thoughts on John Ashbery, who often used clichés in his work, but…
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An Interview with Charlottes Matthews on Poetry, Cancer, and Whistlewords.org (by Nin Andrews)
NA: I am so excited to be talking with you about your book, Whistle What Can’t Be Said, and your project, Whistlewords, which works primarily with women who are cancer patients and survivors. I…
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Michael [J.] Lally Weighs In on College Loans [by David Lehman]
Readers of this column know that I enjoy reporting on news stories featuring namesakes of greatly beloved and important people. Usually the new people with the great old name have chosen professions you would…
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Marilyn Monroe as Chanteuse [by David Lehman]
We don't think of her as a singer, but Marilyn Monroe (whose birthday it is) sang. Unlike Rita Hayworth and Kim Novak in Pal Joey, Deborah Kerr in The King and I, Natalie Wood…
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Advice from Sinatra and Riddle, Van Heusen and Cahn: “Come Blow Your Horn” [by David Lehman]
Like Marilyn MonroeNelson Riddle [left] was borntoday (the first of June)so let's blow his horn (a trombone):with this catchy tune — DL <<<The taller the tree is, the sweeter the peachI'll give you the…
