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How I Read the Best American Poetry [by Stacey Harwood]
I get my first glimpse of the year’s Best American Poetry when a box of the uncorrected proofs arrives. Years ago, the covers were the color I call “galley blue”; more recently the publisher…
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One Year [by Alan Ziegler]
This week marks my first anniversary as a regular contributor to The Best American Poetry (after an earlier stint as a guest author). I want to offer my thanks, huzzahs, and kudos to Stacey…
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Molly Arden translates Catullus # 25
Catullus # 25 Thallus, you lech: softer than fur of rabbit,down of goose, flap of ear: your cock and sack of nutsthat dangle from your old man crotch, festoonedwith cobwebs, and still you’re as…
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Hearing Voices: Letters to the Editor [by Julia Shipley]
Here in the relatively minute state of Vermont, where it is not uncommon to bump into your local legislator at the hardware store or gynecologist's office, where the first Tuesday in March is reserved…
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Molly Arden translates Catullus #53
Catullus # 53 Listening to the learned Calvus with many an oratorical flourish castigate the demagogue Vatinius, a man in the crowd lifted his hands in astonishment and pleasure, and said, "Good God, that…
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Tonight: A Celebration of the Third Plume Anthology of Poetry
6:30 PM – 7:30 PM Wednesday, September 9, 2015 Location: Main Library449 BroadwayLecture HallCambridge, MA Celebrate the publication of the third Plume Anthology of Poetry as editor Daniel Lawless presents readings from an esteemed slate…
