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The New York School Diaspora (New Series) Part Five: Jennifer Polson Peterson [by Angela Ball]
REMAIN Mornings fell on neighborhoods turned white grids of ash; the odd surviving objects like antiquities—a dish intact, a child’s toy—became remarkable. It was a year of fire in wine country. Another year…
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David Yezzi on Ashbery’s Norton Lectures (delivered at Harvard)
David Yezzi, in his New Criterion review of Ashbery's Other Traditions notes Ashbery's skepticism about his own projects and compliments JA's "lucid and charming" prose. Ashbery's memory was prodigious and he spent much time…
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The chair-sized man refuses to divulge the secrets of the one he left on the shelf [by Mitch Sisskind]
t John Ashbery: 'Fear among the legs of a chair…' The Bonus Round Mitch Sisskind Jul4 14, 1789 READ IN APP 'Good morning, class. In John…
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Joel Lewis: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
__________________________________________ The Origins of My Social Marginalization 12 minutes countdown to the 8:15 St. George boat so walk over to that enormous Starbucks at Pearl & State. Inside, I hear that sinuous flute…
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“Tin Pan Alley” [by David Lehman]
A Fine Romance: Jewish Songwriters, American Songbook, 1910-1965 uses text and imagery from Broadway musicals, classic films, posters and personal collections to tell the stories of great composers and lyricists. The featured artists include Harold Arlen ("Over…
