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A Few Love Poems for Valentine’s Day [by Nin Andrews]
How can I resist? It's a day for love, so I feel compelled to post just a few love poems here. First off, from one of my favorite poets, Shivani Mehta: The Butterflies You…
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From “Showboat”: “Make Believe” (Jerry Hadley, Frederica von Stade)
From Showboat (1927) — seven and a half minutes of genius. –– DL
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“Come Rain or Come Shine” with Eileen Farrell & Leonard Bernstein
For Valentine’s Day tomorrowI recommend Come Rain or Come Shinewith born-today Eileen Farrellproving an opera singercan sing great jazz andLeonard Bernstein provinghe could have been a contenderin the jazz piano arena Eileen Farrell (1920-2002),…
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“Next Line, Please”: Five Glorious Years [by David Lehman]
In September 2019, my tenure as editor and quizmaster of “Next Line, Please,” the weekly challenges that The American Scholar introduced on its website in May 2014, came to an end. Two…
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Letters from Russell Edson [by Nin Andrews]
Last week, I interviewed Peter Johnson about his new anthology of prose poetry, A Cast-Iron Aeroplane That Can Really Fly, the title of which comes from Edson’s explanation of a prose poem: “A prose that…
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Cry Hard, Cry Fast: Ken Tucker Takes on John D. Macdonald
Continuing my fitful John D. MacDonald reading, I just finished ‘Cry Hard, Cry Fast’ (1955). It’s about a highway auto accident. In each of the first five chapters, we’re introduced to people in cars…
