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“Thursday” [by Mark Ford]
When I began writing poetry many moons ago, for some reason I deemed allusions infra dig, unbecoming. I suppose like all young poets I wanted my stuff to be anti-academic, to be a breath…
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Poets and Jobs [by John Foy]
All jobs seem real to the people who have them, but poets like to make distinctions. They refer typically to “real” jobs when talking about employment outside of academia (illogical though that may be).…
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The New York School Diaspora (Part Thirty): Dean Young [by Angela Ball]
Chaos Magic for Beginners Don’t we all love when the announcergets choked up? When the roller coastergets stuck, that an octopus can eatone of its own hearts when stressed enough and aren’t we all?…
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“Girl Reading a Letter” [by William Carpenter]
A thief drives to the museum in his black van. The nightwatchman says Sorry, closed, you have to come back tomorrow.The thief sticks the point of his knife in the guard's ear.I haven't got…
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Why People Go To College [by W. Kirschberg]
"If the universities demolish the humanities by undermining their relevance or their validity, the immediate effect is to promote ignorance and laziness among students; the long term effect is to put into question the…
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Thomas Devaney: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
Thomas Devaney. Photo by Patrick Montero. _________________________________________________________________________ Oregon Ave You can’t find a place to smoke anymore Ro says, smoking…
