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In Memory of Kent Johnson, poet and crazy activist of the imagination (1955 – Oct. 25, 2022)
8 / 29 / 20 From “Because of Poetry” / by John Bradley A review in Sulfur of Kent Johnson’s rambunctious and defiant new book, Because of Poetry I Have a Really Big House (Shearsman Books,…
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“Like a Monkey” [by Mitch Sisskind]
I had not written a poem for decades. Then at a re-union of old poets of Columbia University I was mysteriously inspired. In my alter ego of the AK-47 carrying Kalashnikover Rebbe, I had…
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The New York School Diaspora (Part Sixty-One): Chris Nealon [by Angela Ball]
WAIT A MINUTE Clear pink sky at 7 a.m.—or mostly clear— You can’t rush spring but your body has big plans Hey now, get back in here! All your senses mobbing their gates like…
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Jericho Brown: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
_______________________________________________________ Foreday in the Morning My mother grew morning glories that spilled onto the walkway toward her porch Because she…
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Louise Glück in 1968
LOUISE GLUCK SMILES AS SHE READS HER WORK TO AN AUDIENCE IN THE HOME OF NORMAN MAILER, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, MAY 24, 1968. PHOTOGRAPH BY FRED W. MCDARRAH/MUUS COLLECTION, VIA GETTY IMAGES.) Earle…
