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Pal Johnny, Our Greatest Story Writer [by David Lehman]
John O'Hara, author of "How Can I Tell You?" — one of the subtlest stories in the language — among other masterpieces, has one memorable sentence in his Hollywood novel, The Big Laugh (1962). It…
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The New York School Diaspora (Part Eighty-Five): David Lehman [by Angela Ball]
I Remember –After Joe Brainard 1. I remember high school and wanting people to call me Dave. I remember a truck driver named Dave. I remember when my older sister was sixteen…
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The End of February [by David Shapiro and David Lehman]
Subj: Re: Another Homage to an Aphorism: in case I can't write one tomorrow Date: 2/24/2003 2:35:55 PM Eastern Standard Time From: DaJoShap To: DCLEHMAN There is no wing like meaning, said the salesman.There is…
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Chiharu Shiota: The Soul Trembles, Blood Pumps, Flesh Quickens [By Tracy Danison]
“Uncertain Journey”, Chiharu Shiota. Photo © Grand Palais How better to attract enormous crowds and dithyrambic media reviews than masses of single red threads stretching from a single point into red clouds floating just…
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Spencer Reece: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
______________________________________ Ephphatha for Dorothy Moran When the pandemic hit, the priest died first. Refrigerator trucks chilled the dead. The parish stacked the…
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“Muse Circe Reclaims Her Lucre”: 5 new “Next Line, Please” prompts
For our next round, write a poem using as your point of departure one of the following five “Proverbs of Hell” by William Blake (pictured left).. Your poem may, by anecdotal means, illustrate or…
