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“An Alley in Avignon” [by Mary Jo Salter]
November tourist, muscling my way throughthe mistral, guidebook in hand, I turned intoa wind-tunnel alley, looking for 22rue du Roi René, which as I knew no longer marked the cloister of St Clare.Fitting, I…
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Magic movements, body and space: “Aux Lointains” by Aurélien Dougé [By Tracy Danison]
“Aux Lointains” by Aurélien Dougé. Photo © Olivier Miche When we were kids, we believed in magic movements – I don’t know where we got that from but we got it; I myself remember…
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A tip of the fedora to Ira Gershwin, born December 6
There are still two hours left before the sixthof December gives way to the day of infamyenough time to mark the birth of Ira,George's older brother, and what betterway to honor the lad who…
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“Australian Tourists” by Peter Murphy [Introduced by Thomas Moody]
Peter Murphy (1945 – 2024) was a playwright, author, librettist, photographer and poet recognized for his accomplishments in various forms of the genre, including concrete poetry and sound poetry. His visual and written works…
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Elegy for the Matador
For theToreador . . . this is your reward The Matador of Metaphor The grapefruit in the tropical orchardhas ripened into a globe in Hartfordfor him to look at, not to eat.If he had…
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The New York School Diaspora (Part Eighty-One): Paul Violi [by Angela Ball]
EXTENDED SHORTAGES I must remind you how serious I’ve become,Almost grave (though still immensely likeable). Love threatens to carry me offLike a dancer in a trash heap storm. Counterweight! I need a counterweight.I read…
