-
NYSP::IOU – Michael Lally / David Beaudouin
NYSP :: IOU is a series devoted to exploring a single question: How has the New York School of Poetry (NYSP)—its aesthetics and shenanigans—influenced contemporary poetics? Michael Lally This month, we are…
-
Two Photos by Josef Sudek
As a young man, the Czech photographer Josef Sudek (1896-1976) experimented with a box camera and made self-portraits. He served in World War I, brought his camera to the front, and created three albums…
-
In Appreciation of James Tate, 1943-2015 [by David Lehman]
I became a convert to James Tate’s poetry when he published Constant Defender and Reckoner in 1983 and ’86 respectively. I was asked to review his work for the Washington Post Book World, and this in part is what…
-
The Importance of Being Ernest [Hemingway], an astrological profile [by David Lehman]
“It was a rotten way to be wounded. .”[1] The career of America’s most famous writer divides itself in two. Before he took the world by storm, Hemingway’s primitive innocence protected him. He…
-
Celebration & Reception for John Ashbery’s 98th Birthday [in Hudson, New York]
July 26, 2025 4-6pm Christ Church Episcopal Parish Hall 43l Union Street, Hudson, New York Of course Eurydice vanished into the shade/She would have…
-
Edward Hopper’s “Chop Suey”
You have one more day to write a poem about Edward Hopper's great "Chop Suey" — or two other paintings, one by Botticelli, the other by Cezanne — for our current "Next Line, Please"…
