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From My Diary No. 3 – February 2020
Inner Voices – Oil on Canvas by Lera Auerbach (1.) I think of the mountain from Rafael's childhood. Once upon a time, there lived a woman. Her name was Soledad. Nobody lives on…
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Force Majeure (by Mitch Sisskind)
Professor Koch said, 'We know the story 'Where the guy wakes up and he's turned 'Into a bug, right? Now write a story where 'The guy turns into a beautiful woman.' He was…
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The How-To Poem with Rebecca Morgan Frank [by Nin Andrews]
I had all these great ideas for a blog post last night as I was drifting off to sleep, feeling thrilled to have just received my second vaccine, and dreaming of life after Covid—dinners…
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An Interview with James Longenbach [by Aspen Matis]
Renowned poet and literary critic James Longenbach is the author of six poetry collections ― including Earthling, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award ― and eight books of prose. His poems have…
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Who said it? [A Challenge]
Remember when the Sunday Times Book Review, frankly middlebrow and proud of it, used to run author's queries ("for a biography of Maxwell Anderson I would be grateful . . .") and legitimate questions…
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Larkin, Uncensored (On Robert Lowell)
On Robert Lowell Lowell, Lowell, Lowell, Lowell,Corn is the thing he does so well. . . This version of the couplet was written in 1966; an earlier one was crafted in 1964. Among British…
