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The Warden of Dover Beach [by Philip Brady]
For me, this is the end of an era. Of course, junior geezers like me know lots of era ends, and this is not the last, but perhaps (cue violin) the penultimate. Since 2007,…
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Kith and Kin [by Philip Brady]
This is a whimsical piece about the ways that social media shapes identity. It's from Phantom Signs: The Muse in Universe City. Kith & Kin I hit my head. Whacked it good. I was parked…
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Poetry: For and Against (and a behind the scenes look at editing!) [by Philip Brady]
H.L Hix's new book, Demonstrategy: Poetry: For and Against sheds new light on poetry's place in the world, bringing philosophical, political, economic, "ethopoetic," cultural, historical, and psychological models to a broad and fascinating discussion. Here's a…
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“Shanked on the Red Bed” [by Susan Wheeler]
<<<The perch was on the roof, and the puck was in the air.The diffident were driving, and the daunted didn't care.When I came out to search for you the lauded hit the breezeOn detonated…
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Approaching All Art with Unchecked Enthusiasm: An Interview with Dante Di Stefano
I want to start this week of blogging with an interview, and a poem, by Dante Di Stephano, who is no stranger to the BAP blog. His new book, Ill Angels,is available from Etruscan Press.…
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Philip Brady, Guest Author July 15-19
This week we welcome Philip Brady as our guest author. Philip’s forthcoming book is The Elsewhere: Selected Poems and Poetics (Broadstone, 2020). His most recent book is a collection of essays, Phantom Signs: The…
