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“Pliant as Reeds, where Streams of Freedom glide. . .” On Vermont’s Newspapers and the Lure of the Local [by Julia Shipley]
"An Account of the Hand Press Known as the Stephan Daye Press, Upon Which Was Begun in 1638 the First Printing in British North America" At any given moment there may be as many…
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Lera Auerbach – excessive ease of aesthetic discovery [by Ilona Oltusk]
An artist who does not like to comment on her own prolific work, Lera Auerbach answers query with further creative output. “When I was told, you can’t be a composer and a pianist, I…
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Sherman Alexie Speaks Out on The Best American Poetry 2015
Like most every poet, I have viewed the publication of each year's Best American Poetry with happiness (I love that poem), jealousy (That poet has been chosen for seventy-three years straight.), disdain (Oh, look,…
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Tales of the Seventies: Old Johnny Herald [by Alan Ziegler]
Note: On September 6, John Herald would have turned 76. He died in 2005, apparently a suicide. I spent a few days with him in 1975. My roommate Jerry Leichtling (who is—among other things—a…
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For lack of what is found there [by Julia Shipley]
As a kid growing up in the 1980s, I took the train to school. When I boarded the train in the morning, what I saw first was not a sea of faces, but a…
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WHY GOD IS A WOMAN by Nin Andrews [Review by Jessie Carty]
(Ed note: Nin Andrews is a long-time contributor to this blog. You can find her comics here and her "Meet the Press" interviews with the people behind small presses here. We were pleased to find…
