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Songs in Minor Keys [by Lera Auerbach]
Leitmotifs [Photo by Lera Auerbach] Every day I give birthto my death. Each death is different.They flutter around like moths.I find them in dusty corners, in drawers,or trapped in the spider webshanging from the…
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Homage to Jane Freilicher (1924-2014) [by John Ashbery]
Jane Freilicher and John Ashbery at Tibor de Nagy Gallery, 1952. Photo: Walter Silver. I’M WRITING THIS in a room that contains a number of pictures, mostly by women, as it happens. One is by Jane Freilicher, a still…
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Homage to Jane Freilicher (1924-2014) [by John Ashbery]
Jane Freilicher and John Ashbery at Tibor de Nagy Gallery, 1952. Photo: Walter Silver. I’M WRITING THIS in a room that contains a number of pictures, mostly by women, as it happens. One is by Jane Freilicher, a still…
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Summer of Fruit Tarts–The Berries [by Barbara Hamby]
I had a friend in college who when everything was going great would say, "It's the berries!" I knew right away what he meant. Berries are one of nature's most beautiful gifts. When we…
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Summer of Fruit Tarts–The Berries [by Barbara Hamby]
I had a friend in college who when everything was going great would say, "It's the berries!" I knew right away what he meant. Berries are one of nature's most beautiful gifts. When we…
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“When Charles Bukowski Met Bob Dylan”: A Contest
As we head into Labor Day weekend, we announce a new contest: "When Charles Bukowski Met Bob Dylan" With this as your title, write a maximum of 14 lines (verse) or 140 words…
