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Dee Dee Bridgwater, “Ne Me Quitte Pas”: magnifique! [by David Lehman]
Ce chanson est meilleur en francais. La version americaine, "If you Go Away," traduit par Rod McKuen, est beaucoup moins satisfaisant. Dee Dee Bridgewater, qui est nee a Flint, Michigan mais a passe un…
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Next Line, Please: The False Confession [by Virginia Valenzuela]
This week on Next Line, Please, we take up the false confession. Think murder mysteries, The Wire, Law and Order. How many times has someone taken the blame to cover up for someone else?…
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The Shock! & The Surprise! of “Tatsachen”: LNI’s torridly virgin performance changes our perpective [by Tracy Danison]
Photo removed by request Mes absences sont du sentiment - “Christine” – Christine & the Queens Multidisciplinary artist LNI’s Le Baiser de la pute/Kiss of the whore performance piece, which I experienced at FRASQ#2 performance…
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A Review of Vita Readings: Lit from the Basement
Vita Readings: Lit from the Basement, the new poetry podcast from poet, Danielle Cadena Deulen, and her husband, Max Stinson, offers entertainment and edification for general readers of poetry and for experts alike. The premise…
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Vin Scully, Gary Cohen, and Play-by-Play Poetry [by David Lehman]
Savo When Kirk Gibson hit perhaps the most unlikely home run in baseball history – when, hobbled with injuries, he pinch-hit with two out and a man on first base, and the Dodgers were…
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“More Titles for Bad Poems” [by David Lehman]
1) My First Backpack2) Bad Hair Day3) A Selfie with Pope Francis4) Brawn Trumps Brains5) Yiddish for Nudniks6) No Place Like Rome 7) Ode to the West Wing8) To Indite / To Indict9) The…
