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The Greatest Songs to Lose the Academy Award [by David Lehman]
In 1937 the award for best song went to "Waikiki Wedding." Nominated was "They Can't Take That Away From Me" by the Gershwin brothers, neither of whom ever won the award. In 1941 the…
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“Loss of Halo” [by Charles Baudelaire, trans. D. Lehman]
Loss of Halo (Perte d’Aureole) by Charles Baudelaire “What! You here, too, old pal? You, in this den of iniquity! You, quaffer of quintessences! You, who sup on ambrosia! This is a real surprise.”…
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VITALLY YOURS [by Peter Fortunato]
Lately, I spend considerable time “beating the drum” for my newly published novel, Carnevale, hoping to call people’s attention to what I’ve done. I like the drum metaphor, since I am a drummer and…
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The Luck of Sid Luckman [by David Lehman]
Born November 21, 1916, Sid Luckman, the greatest Jewish quarterback of all time, graduated from the Brooklyn playgrounds, Erasmus Hall High School, and Columbia. With Sid at the helm, the Chicago Bears, "monsters of…
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COMING OF AGE IN A BRAVE NEW WORLD [by Peter Fortunato]
One thing I’ve repeated to my students over the years is that if you want to become a writer or an artist, you need to act on that desire and then continue despite the…
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Witness a unique début with Ruth Childs’ “fantasia” [by Tracy Danison]
“fantasia”, Ruth Childs©Marie Magnin When my boy was very little we would be walking along and he would suddenly stop dead, quivering like a pointer, point at this or that, cry “Behold”. Where he…
