There will be interviews with and tributes by James Longenbach, James Robison, Ken Sparling, Eleanor Cook (author of the Reader’s…
Hot of Him
In order to get revved up for Wallace Stevens week or because I have been revving on Stevens and came…
Is This What it’s Come To?
A new tactic in the war between rejected writer and editor came to my attention yesterday. In the following video,…
Wallace Stevens Week(s) begins
There will be interviews with and tributes by James Longenbach, James Robison, Ken Sparling, Eleanor Cook (author of the Reader’s…
The Productive Side of Despair: An interview with Edward Mullany
Figures for an Apocalypse In a house at the end of a street of deserted houses, a dog sleeps. The…
See Emily Play
Studying botany from an early age, some believe she was better known as a gardener than a poet during her…
For Your Consideration
“The truth is that a man’s sense of the world dictates his subjects to him and that this sense…
Bite of Schutt
Last Thursday I saw Christine Schutt read her story ‘The Blood Jet’ at the Housing Works Bookstore in Manhattan. I’ve…
Deserted Dessert Desert Island
I was speaking about desert island books with Lance Olsen last week. Which three would you choose? But for the…
Byron Katie Helps Me Break Down an Age-Old Assumption
Byron Katie, besides being married to Stephen Mitchell, translator extraordinaire of Lao-Tzu and Rilke, speaks and writes books…