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Meet the Press: Nin Andrews in conversation with Frank Giampietro and Phil Metres of Cleveland State University Poetry Center
NA: Tell me about Cleveland State University Press. What distinguishes it from other presses? FG (above, right): Well, our name—for one thing. We are Cleveland State University Poetry Center, not Cleveland State University…
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A Blue Towel — on James Schuyler [by Angela Ball]
In the radical simplicity of James Schuyler’s poetry, the world is constituted each morning in the form of what is here: a cup, an ashtray, a Korean Mum. The job of the poem is…
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This Just In: Wednesday March 12, 5:00 PM – Rally to Save the New York Public Library
Our friend Annalyn Swan writes to tell us about this most important event. Please circulate this information: Next Wednesday the Committee to Save the New York Public Library and fellow groups are having what…
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Ashes Ashes All Fall Down [by Angela Ball]
John Ashbery has a double life: as “John,” the person; and “Ashbery” the poet. His poetry, too, has such a life. In J.D. McClatchy’s formulation, derived from “Trefoil,” a poem that describes “trees /…
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Giving Up Solemnity For Lent — on Kenneth Koch [by Angela Ball]
Possibility is the enemy of the solemn. Solemnity is a drying agent, a fixative. It says that we should not only own the tradition we inherit, but wash and wax it and shampoo its…
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Late News from Poland (on O’Hara, Koch, and the NY School) [by Angela Ball]
I had imagined discussing the big four New York School poets in an orderly fashion, one by one. But since their work percolates from shared springs, it seems to me better to talk back…
