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  • Igor Stravinsky: “I surround myself with obstacles. . .”

    January 17, 2022

    Albert Gleizes, Portrait of Igor Stravinsky, 1914, Oil on canvas, 129.5 x 114.3 cm. Muséum of Modern Art Collection "My freedom thus consists in my moving about within the narrow frame that I have…

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  • Lyn Li Che: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]

    January 16, 2022

                              ______________________________________________________ Sobriqu(i)ets    On the corner of 12th and Market, a man says             Nihao, China and I’m in love,  …

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  • “As Romance Fails” [by Star Black]

    January 15, 2022

    As Romance Fails Indolence fans the aqua poolsbefore lovers’ spats prelude dawn’s make-up sex.A chilling sky ensues, as everyone fears love,the great mummer of regrets. Yet, not even trees control their destinies,half-stilled by burlesque…

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  • Dusk (for Barry Lopez) [by John Freeman]

    January 14, 2022

    DUSK  for Barry Lopez [January 6, 1945 – December 25, 2020] Horizon fades from blue to blackwith infinite tenderness in Londontonight. Yet even at full dusk a smearof cobalt rings the tree line. Maybeendless…

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  • Sexy Poets Quiz [by Molly Arden]

    January 13, 2022

    Match the poet with the quote from his or her poem: 1.  "I groped for him before I knew" 2.  "you slip/ half-a-foot deep into someone you like" 3.  "new memory like a seltzer…

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  • Figurative Art at the Salmagundi Club

    January 12, 2022

    The Salmagundi Club’s Figurative Art Exhibition Denizens of lower Fifth Avenue in New York City are excited by the figurative art on display at the Salmagundi Club: 47 Fifth Avenue @ Twelfth Street |…

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