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John Ashbery Steals the Show in “Marjorie Prime” [by David Lehman]
There's plenty of competition: a Beethoven string quartet, Poulenc, Mozart, "I Shall Be Released," some choice bits of dialogue from Casablanca, a plot summary of My Best Friend's Wedding that spares you from having…
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Snips, snails and puppy-dog tales: What’s (contemporary) dance made of?
Pencil and ink, De la sensation intérieure à l’apparition des voyageurs (“On the sensation within as travelers arrive”). Gare de Rennes, Spring, 2011 – Céline Le Tixérant The baby's sleeping in the crib up…
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On Broadway from 90th to 110th in the 1970s and 80s; Fragments 81-89 from Selected Squibs [by Alan Ziegler]
96th to 110th on Broadway is commonly known as “No man’s land.” Small, empty storefronts blossom into dedicated rose shops, a dollar a bunch. First there’s one, then many, then few, then none. A…
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“How Little We Know” times two! [by David Lehman]
Here is one song of that title, words and music by Carolyn Leigh (nee Rosenthal), the lyricist on such Sinatra standards as "Young at Heart," "Witchcraft," and "The Best is Yet to Come" (the…
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i never told you how boring i thought you were [by Sara Di Blasi]
you smoked blue american spiritsand hid unfinished onesin between the jutting bricksof our houseso that the walls smelled tired you offered me a pulleven though i always said noit was part of your hospitalityhow…
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The Play-by-Play Poetry of Baseball [by David Lehman]
You remember when Kirk Gibson hit perhaps the most unlikely home run in baseball history. Hobbled with injuries, he pinch-hit with two out and a man on first base, and the Dodgers were one…
