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Cornelius Eady: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
photo by Yoon Kim _____________________________________________________________ Handymen The furnace wheezes like a drenched lung. You can’t fix it. The toilet babbles like a speed freak. You can’t fix it. The fuse box is a…
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“One Thousand Words about Harry Mathews” [by Mary Maxwell]
In some sense he brought it on himself. Given his predilection for complex games of identity, why would anyone take Harry Mathews seriously as a poet? Yes, he was there at the…
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Harry Mathews, “Cool gales shall fan the glades,” a sestina [by Harry Mathews, Feb 14, 1930 – January 25, 2017]
Cool gales shall fan the glades But how choose the appropriate sticking point to start at?|Who wants to write a poem without the letter e,Especially for Thee, where the flourished vowel lends such panache to…
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The Importance of Martin Guerre — Part One [by Joe Lehman]
"Martin Guerre: Now and Then; Then and Now" [by Joe Lehman] PART ONE “Land to last, as it's passed, man to son, when it's done as planned. Then we'll pray it will stay as good…
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“What Men Want” [by James Cummins]
What Men Want A man wants to move with cat-like grace through his life, spill his seed occasionally, but never bear responsibility for it; win the love of his peers and the veneration of…
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Robert Harbison on Vivian Maier
An outstanding column on Vivian Maier, the little known photographer:https://robertharbisonsblog.net/2020/11/11/vivian-maier-street-photographer/