-
Eneida P. Alcalde: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
________________________________________________________________________ Poetic Justice The poem that needs to be written is not white. The poem that needs to be written does not speak English. …
-
Smoke, smoke, smoke that cigarette. . .
The Last Cigarette — Cinema’s most seductive prop — By David Lehman Every cigarette is the last cigarette. In the black-and-white world of noir, cigarettes are everywhere. But then, they are ubiquitous in all movies, as…
-
Mystery in familiarity: Marion Zurbach’s “Les Héritiers-x” happens [By Tracy Danison]
A couple of months ago, a neighbor over the street with whom Karine, my partner, has only ever had a nodding acquaintance, decided to move to Berlin, to be with her younger son. The…
-
Kenneth Koch at 100: A Celebration [by Mindy Aloff]
Left to Right: Kenneth Koch, David Lehman, John Ashbery (photo © Stacey Lehman) On St. Patrick’s Day, The New School and Library of America put on “Kenneth Koch at 100: A Celebration.” The program…
-
THE MOODY TEMPLE and A HUM-DRUM NOT KNOWING [by John Hennessy]
SIFNOS (c) IAN MACLELLAN Psalm on Sifnos By Stephen Yenser One does not want, O Lord, to heapUp by still watersOf words a cairnBut hopes to attendA small covertOf tamariskWhose leaves saltyYet featheryWill shed…
-
The Poet, Amy Woolard (by Nin Andrews)
Every now and then, I come across a poet who makes my jaw drop, my heart skip a beat–my mind, too. A poet who surprises me line after line, poem after poem. They are…
