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“My November Guest’ [by Robert Frost]
My Sorrow, when she's here with me, Thinks these dark days of autumn rainAre beautiful as days can be;She loves the bare, the withered tree; She walked the sodden pasture lane.…
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Maugham of the Day
From The Razor's Edge (1944): "Have you never thought of divorcing Gray?""I've got no reason for divorcing him.""That doesn't prevent your countrywomen from divorcing their husbands when they have a mind to."She laughed.'Why d'you suppose they…
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John Updike in 2004: New Novel Seethes With Sex [by David Lehman]
e 2004‑11‑01 00:06 (New York) Books: Updike's Novel Seethes With Sex; Philosophy Made Simple (Review. David Lehman is a critic for Bloomberg News. Theopinions expressed are his own.) By David Lehman. Nov.…
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“That Ship Has Sailed” [by Terence Winch]
That Ship Has Sailed In our old life, we ate ice cream and breadpudding. We drank glass after glass ofGrand Marnier until it made us sick.Our libido was as big as a billboard.Our libido…
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Near Wuhan [by David Shapiro]
I wandered lonely as a mapI had to return to the poisonous, little town of WuhanI played with my father’s ancient microscopeAnd I played with my mother’s telescopeAnd I met my sister’s metronomeAnd I…
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Ed Ochester Retires as Pittsburgh’s Poetry Point Person
<<A toast to Ed Ochester, to whose retirement we raise our glasses in celebration of his editorial achievement (and poeitc prowess). As director of Pitt Poetry, Ed Ochester has published some of our most…
