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Tony Towle: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
_______________________________________________________ In Progress We adjust the background so that I am still in a forest,…
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In Praise of the Late John Tranter [by Thomas Moody]
Word has just reached us that John Tranter, the brilliant poet and editor, died on April 21, just eight days shy of his 80th birthday. We will be running a tribute to John Tranter…
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Zao Wou-Ki at MAM Paris: intriguing (painterly) commentary on modern art in Europe [By Tracy Danison]
Zao, Wou-Ki 趙無極, Encre 79, N°6, 1979. Photo: Charles Delepelaire/Parisienne de Photographie © Adago, Paris A donation of nine Zao Wou-Ki paintings has recently been added to the Museé de l’Art Moderne de Paris…
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“Northern Pike” by James Wright [as presented by Jenny Factor]
Jenny Factor on James Wright Stacey Harwood's important post earlier this week put me in mind of James Wright. A poet and exemplar of endurance. A sturdy fragile voice. Perhaps I'm looking for an antidote. Perhaps…
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Three Sonnets [by Mitch Sisskind]
Tears of the Intellectuals Tears of the intellectuals, bitter dew, Moistening pages of ponderous books Schmerz of the intellectuals, sad but true, Bellyaching of the egghead schnooks, Kvetching, self-loathing anchored deep In the hearts…
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Introduction to a History of the Sky [by Tom Disch]
There is not a single sky but rather a diversityof single sky-moments strung out like beadson a celestial necklace. The Greeks believedin a single sky with Zeus its rulerand his son Apollo a travelertraversing…
