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David Hockney’s “Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy”
from Fanzine #380-2, edited by Francisco Carvallho In the early Seventies, with Ossie Clark [1942 – 1996, British fashion designer] and Celia Birtwell’s [1941, British textile designer and fashion designer] celebrity at its height,…
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“Recovery” [by Mary Jo Salter]
Mary Jo SalterRECOVERY When I hearrecuperate,I taste a cupof tea in itand more in the pot, I think recap—as if…
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“Manhattan Serenade” [with Jo Stafford]
When consigliere Tom Hagen flies to Los Angeles to reason with the Hollywood producer who doesn't want Johnny Fontaine to get the part he craves, do you remember the music you hear while on…
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Next Line, Please: A new prompt
“Immature poets imitate,” wrote T. S. Eliot. “Mature poets steal.” For next time, I suggest we take a line from someone else and run with it. Here are a bunch of lines that strike…
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AARP on why people read or don’t read poetry: a plug for “Best American Poetry 2024”
Poetry for People Who (Think They) Don’t Like Poetry ‘There’s no wrong doorway’ into the magical world of verse. Enter with us By Maria Speidel & Christina Ianzito, AARP Published July 02, 2025 Poetry fans…
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“Coward, Take My Coward’s Hand”: On “Home of the Brave” [by David Lehman]
"Coward, Take My Coward's Hand," a "Talking Pictures" feature in The American Scholar Looking back at Mark Robson’s Home of the BraveBy David Lehman | August 13, 2020 Much of my early education in film…
