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Julie Sheehan, Constituent Bartender: Can’t Democrats Widow’s Dream?
David Embury’s The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks, a 1948 recipe book and glimpse into privilege, has this to say about an after-dinner cordial called the Widow’s Dream: …
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100,000 Poets for Change in Chicago: Private Eyes (They’re Watching You) [by Larry Sawyer]
You might not think of this 1981 dab of pop schmaltz served up by the Philly duo Hall & Oates when you think about the National Security Agency but the song makes a…
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ELLISTON POET, R.I.P. – part 5 [by Joshua Butts]
Spring had come to Cincinnati, and so had C.D. Wright. Straight into town from Arkansas via Rhode Island. I was not yet a student at the University of Cincinnati, so that I have an…
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“Al Farber who art in heaven” (by Mitch Sisskind)
(Ed note: We are in L.A. where it is a near certainty that conversations will eventually turn to traffic, just as in NYC they turn to real estate. I was reminded of this poem…
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ELLISTON POET, R.I.P. – part 4 [by Lesley Jenike]
I want to preface the story I’m about to tell you with these two small but important provisos: 1. Now that I own my own car, I’ll happily give a lift to any number…
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The Best American Poetry 2013 Gala Launch [by Nora Robertson]
Full House for the Best American Poetry 2013 launch. Photo(c)Gabriel Don The New School’s 500-seat Tishman Hall was packed last Thursday as poetry lovers turned out for the launch reading of The Best American…
