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Hump Day (plus one) Highlights by Stacey Harwood
Lots going on this week! For his guest blogging week in September, Joshua Mehigan invited 19 translators to share their views on the qualities that readers should consider when seeking to read translations of…
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Drinks with Poets: Sheila Squillante [by Sherrie Flick]
In Pittsburgh people like to give directions by referencing places that no longer exist. Thus: Butterjoint is where More's used to be. More's (pronounced more-ayes), a fine old-time dining establishment, had an ancient bartender…
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“The Food Critic” poem by Tomás Q. Morín
The Food Critic My beat is the restaurant,the diner, the chop house. On any day, without calling ahead,I’m whisked into a plush boothlit by fresh, white bulbsgauzed in yellow. My picture,an old photo probably…
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An Interview with Brooklyn Poets Founder Jason Koo about The Bridge [by Daniel Nester]
Poet, teacher, and founder of Brooklyn Poets Jason Koo emailed me a few days ago to tell me more about its new venture, The Bridge, which he describes as “the world's first poetry networking…
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Now Hear This: Wednesday, November 6, 6:00 PM Launch Reading to Celebrate David Lehman’s New and Selected Poems
New York University Bookstore (Broadway and Waverly Place, NYC) Reading followed by conversation with NPR's Ken Tucker FREE “Very few writers can actually shape how you see the world. David Lehman is such a…
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Drinks with Poets: Joy Katz [by Sherrie Flick]
Many Monday nights I climb the stairs to Harvard & Highland in the East Liberty neighborhood of Pittsburgh. The bar sits above its sister institution Union Pig & Chicken, and you can order from…
