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“I’m going to Oz” with Judy Garland and Bobby Darin on a train (1963) [by David Lehman]
TodayI recommend starting your day with Judy Garlandsitting beside Bobby Darinon a train and singing a medley of train songs such as "Chattanooga Choo Choo," and "On the Atchison,Topeka, and the Santa Fe,"on an episode of…
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Swinging on a Star: Sinatra on the radio, July 1944 (“Your Hit Parade”) [by David Lehman]
This is my favorite version of "Swinging on a Star," recorded live for the radio show "Your Hit Parade" in July 1944. Playing a priest, Bing Crosby sang it with a male chorus…
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“Gambler’s Conceit” [by Kirsten Chen]
Mainly, I focus on spreading myLuck out and harnessing good juju.Call it a degenerate’s strategy but I have myselfa real nice time with the games.Always bet on 3 and split zero/double zero.Remember, small parlay…
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“Catullus #7 as her answer from Valley of Fire” [by Angela Brommel]
How many of my kisses would it take to satisfy you, you ask as your mouth grazes the back of my knee. As many as the grains of Mojave sand that lie between the…
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Karin Roffman on “The Top 10 John Ashbery Poems”
Karin Roffman, author of The Songs We Know Best: John Ashbery's Early Life, a book I warmly recommend, was asked to name the "ten best Ashbery poems," and she has made such a list, making it…
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Unto Others: Dante Di Stefano Reviews Filthy Labors by Lauren Marie Schmidt
Filthy LaborsLauren Marie SchmidtCurbstone Books, 2017 Lauren Marie Schmidt’s newest collection of poetry, Filthy Labors, roars with boundless defiant empathy on every page. For Schmidt, poetry is earned communion, restorative utterance, the expression of…
