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“Mandingo” (by Mitch Sisskind)
I'm doing a project of 100 monologues by imaginarystudents, faculty, administrators, donors, and staffat the University of Mississippi in 1957. After thisI will do a similar project set at Columbia Universityin 1967, and then…
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Why Poets Love Noir #2 [by David Lehman and Suzanne Lummis]
Name your favorite underrated noir movie? Suzanne Lummis: Night and the City (1950) is only a bit underrated by film noir enthusiasts, who grudgingly say it's Good; but I think it’s better than Good.…
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On Bastille Day, Vive la France: the Marseillaise as orchestrated by Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
Here's how the whole gang sang it in Paris on 14 Juillet 2016: And, of course, Paul Henreid is on hand to lead the regulars in a rousing rendition of this brilliant and bloody…
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Hiking Notes #1: “Speech into Speechlessness” [by Cassandra Cleghorn]
[Note: This is a reposting of my blog originally posted on July 8th, which I then accidentally deleted. CJC] Every July, I head back into the classroom to teach in a one-month immersion…
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“A Bird, came down the Walk” [by Emily Dickinson]
A Bird, came down the Walk - He did not know I saw – He bit an Angle Worm in halves And ate the fellow, raw, And then, he drank a Dew…
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Hiking Notes #5: the Red Pine Grove [by Cassandra Cleghorn]
A few days ago (Hiking Notes #2/July 9), I told the story of surviving the swamp lettuce. Today, I'm going back to the trail where I picked the toxic salad: the Frost Trail, which…
