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Moorman Symposium Brings Descendants of the New York School to Mississippi [by Allison Campbell]
This Friday and Saturday, the University of Southern Mississippi will welcome poets Billy Collins, Denise Duhamel, David Lehman, David Kirby, and Barbara Hamby for the 2014 Moorman Symposium. I am glad! My professor, Angela…
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Not All Warriors Carry Guns [by Charles Coe]
There’s a certain book I cannot wait to read. It’s the story of a woman who stared down one of the most powerful political lobbies in America, and whose resolve and courage saved countless…
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Collaboration for Dummies and Others: Tenenbaum & Ziegler [by Martha Silano]
Molly Tenenbaum (poet) & Ellen Ziegler (artist) have been working on a very cool project over the last several months. Here's an interview with Molly Tenenbaum that shares all about it. MS: What are…
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Occasionally Grand, Frequently Central, and Rarely Terminal [by Madge McKeithen]
Gabriel Barcia-Colombo's Illuminated Verse, Lawrence Schwartzwald, photographer For many New Yorkers and for many who have only passed through, Grand Central Terminal is one of their favorite places in New York City. My late…
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Charlie Simic and the “Great Poets’ brawl of ’68”
Charles Simic files this report in the NY Review of Books blog. <<Back at Louis Simpson’s house in Stony Brook, during the farewell party on the last night of the conference, a fight broke…
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Contemporary Canadian Poetry [by Eduardo C. Corral]
This week I’m featuring the work of Matt Rader. Music I awoke on Veteran’s Day in the United States To blue skies and a republican Cali sunshine That made the whole town of McKinleyville…
