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Next Line, Please: A New Genre [by Virginia Valenzuela]
This week's post was inspired by our family names in a wholly new genre of poems: the trilogy. It's not quite as official as the sonnet, but its results just can't be beat. Eric…
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from “An Enemy of the People” [by Paul Berman]
People have been asking: since when, and for what reason, has Zionism become a dirty word? Paul Berman speculates on this question and reports on recent alarming events in France: <<<The Yellow Vest sidewalk…
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“Good Morning” [by Catherine Bowman]
Let's see what kind of company erotic keeps in the dictionary: Erotic. In the dictionary between Eros, the god of love, born from chaos. In between erose: having the margin irregularly incised or…
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“Remember the Typewriter” [by David Lehman]
Remember rotary phones?What did we do back thenif we didn’t have a phoneand had to walk a mileto get to the bus stop?Remember telephone booths?Remember when the question washow many college kids can fit…
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Failing at Love 2.0 (by Nin Andrews)
I love this Sappho poem of pure jealousy. I love the “kindled the flesh along my arms/ and smothered me in its smoke-blind rush.” I’m just realizing that many of my favorite poems…
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Yo, Elaine Equi [by David Lehman]
In her poem "Yo Y Tu,"Elaine Equi pondersthe Spanish tuwhich means you but implies intimacy, is reserved for family and friendsand would be considered gaucheif said to a prospective employer, say,or a higher-up on…
