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A poem from Tony Hoagland on his birthday [ed. Terence Winch]
My Father’s Vocabulary In the history of American speech, he was born between “Dirty Commies” and “Nice tits.” He worked for Uncle Sam, and married a dizzy gal from Pittsburgh with…
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“Won’t somebody tell me where’s my Bess?” (Sinatra at the Waldorf, 1945)
Recorded for Columbia February 2, 1946. Sang at the Waldorf-Astoria's Wedgwood Room, 1945. <<<Sinatra Takes Over Wedgewood Room and Wins Crowd Despite His Illness The quality of laryngitis is strained these nights at the…
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Milton Berle (by Mitch Sisskind)
Young lady, does the name Milton BerleHave any particular significance for you? Does the name Milton Berle ring a bell? I thought not, so I've got news for you.Milton Berle in the early 1950s almostSingle-handedly multiplied…
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Happy 10th Anniversary Todos Santos Writers Workshop!
The Todos Santos Writers Workshop is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year, with the winter 2023 session running January 28 – February 4 in Todos Santos, Baja California, Mexico. Poet, author, journalist Christopher Merrill (above) is returning once…
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Ad-Verse Reactions: Poets / writers Jerome Sala and Jack Skelley quiz each other on advertising, pop culture, late-stage Capitalism and monsters
Both Jerome Sala and Jack Skelley have just released “new and selected” volumes. Both writers have had careers in advertising and PR. Both use pop culture (and many other related subject matters) as thematic…
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“Ode to the Other Woman’s Ass” [by Denise Duhamel]
Ode to the Other Woman's Ass You have occupied my husband’s imaginationwhen he otherwise might have been bored. You gave him pretty shapes to beholdat the mall, in the supermarket, when he peeredfrom behind…
