-
“Switchwork” [by Star Black]
The day is a non-throwaway,the hour a ruby, the locale perishable.Is this the setting you meant by “spring?"Is vision reliable? Or is it a headtrip that needs a walk? Ah, spring,hopscotch chalk, it is…
-
Overheard 8th Street & 5th Avenue
He (walking): Fuck. I"d take a triplex penthouse. I would. I'm tellin' you. I would. I would. He: No shit, I'd take a duplex on the fourth floor. Damn. He: I just sayin'. Fuck…
-
April 29, 1962, at the White House
April 29, 1962. White House dinner and reception in honor of Nobel Prize winners. Front row: President Kennedy chats with Pearl Buck, while Jackie lends an ear to Robert Frost. Buck's back is turned…
-
“Sandra Bullock Reveals Baby Boy!” [by Jennifer Michael Hecht]
Sandra Bullock Reveals Baby Boy! I don’t know much that I thought I knew. I have been stupendously surprised. Ever since balloon boy, I have been scanning the skies, but I did…
-
Young British Poets: Emily Berry by Todd Swift
In the UK, poets seem, like fish, to first appear in schools – darting about and flashing their stuff in unison, thus often establishing a period style, or styles, that define a moment. One…
