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Richard Wilbur at the Y (in 2009) ([by David Yezzi]
Richard Wilbur gave a splendid reading at the Unterberg Poetry Center of the 92nd Street Y last night. After a knockout selection of poems new and old, he capped the evening with a bit from…
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Woman invisibility: Ann-Eva Bergman, Glinda the Good Witch, ruby slippers, Gretchen’s Faust, Emmy Klinker and the fate of woman painters, etc., etc.
Marianne von Werefkin, Herbst (Schule), "Autumn (School)", 1907. Photo Courtesy Wikipedia It’s Glinda, Good Witch of the West, who says the solution to a problem is as simple as closing your eyes and clicking…
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“Trigger Warning” [by D. A. Powell]
Trigger Warning I dated an x ray techBut he never saw meDated a magic actBut he never sawed me Had a lover who was a painterHe drew everyone around himAnd he claimed he’d drawn…
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Aphorism of the Day: Anthony Trollope
"There is nothing perhaps so generally consoling to a man as a well-established grievance; a feeling of having been injured, on which his mind can brood.” – Anthony Trollope, Orley Farm
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WEDNESDAYS WITH DENISE: May 24, 2023
For today’s post I offer this exquisite poem “Bicycles” by Paul Hostovsky, first published in Body. If you haven’t checked out this superb literary magazine, please do! BICYCLES Now I would rather remember life…
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“Sperm Heaven” [by Henri Michaux, trans. David Lehman]
Sperm Heaven — a translation of Henri Michaux's “Le Ciel du Spermatozoide” A man’s sperm bears a curious resemblance to the man himself – to his character, I should say. A woman’s egg…
