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“Days of 1896” [by C. P. Cavafy]
He became completely degraded. His erotic tendency,condemned and strictly forbidden(but innate for all that), was the cause of it:society was totally prudish.He gradually lost what little money he had,then his social standing, then his…
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My Body, Take and Eat. Or: Sermon on Her Mound [by Jill Alexander Essbaum]
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. Genesis 2: 17 (A disclaimer:…
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Introducing Emily Dickinson, part II: A Loaded Gun [by David Lehman]
Emily Got Her Gun Like many other readers, I have long been fascinated by Emily Dickinson's poem #764, which has instigated much commentary and many conflicting opinions: My Life had stood — a Loaded…
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An Interview with Elaine Equi [by Aspen Matis]
Elaine Equi's witty, aphoristic, and innovative work has become nationally and internationally known. Her book, Ripple Effect: New & Selected Poems, was a finalist for the L.A. Times Book Award and shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize. Among her…
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Most popular funeral songs [by David Lehman]
In the age of sabermetrics, they ("they, they who are known as they," as Kenward Elmslie has it), have tallied up the songs (and versions of same) most popular to play in funerals. Click here for…
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On Anne Porter, Poet, 1911-2011 [by Lucette Lagnado, 1956-2019]
A 95-Year-Old Poet Finds Her Muse and Literary Praise 'You Can't Drive Anymore,But You Can Still Write';Homage to Her Late Son By Lucette Lagnado (1956-2019) The Wall Street Journal Nov. 11, 2006 12:01 am ET…
