Paul Ferraro’s Poster for Ernest Hilbert and David Blair’s Reading in Cambridge
New Poetry by Ernest Hilbert and David Blair, hosted by Daniel Wuenschel of the Cambridge Public Library, Thursday, November 12th at 7PM at the First Congregational Church, 11 Garden St., Cambridge, MA… Read More
Ernest Hilbert Reads with David Blair at First Congregational Church in Cambridge, MA
New Poetry by Ernest Hilbert and David Blair, hosted by Daniel Wuenschel of the Cambridge Public Library, Thursday, November 12th at 7PM at the First Congregational Church, 11 Garden St., Cambridge, MA… Read More
CALIGULAN T-SHIRTS!
If you like my new collection, Caligulan (or even if you don't!), you might want to check out the Caligulan t-shirt, designed by Jennifer Mercer, who also designed the covers of my… Read More
“Great White Fleet” by Ernest Hilbert
My poem "Great White Fleet," slated for my fourth book, Last One Out, appears in the new anthology, Best of the Raintown Review, edited by Anna Evans, Quincy Lehr, and Jeff Holt.… Read More
“Allegheny Cemetery Day in Winter” by David Blair
David Blair is the author of Ascension Days (Del Sol Press, 2007) and Arsonville, which will be published by New Issues Poetry & Prose in 2016. He teaches at the New England… Read More
“Singer” by Justin Quinn
JUSTIN QUINN has lived in Prague since 1992. His most recent collection is Early House (Gallery, 2015) and he has translated the work of Czech poets, including Ivan Blatny, Petr Borkovec and… Read More
“Little Song” by Rowan Ricardo Phillips
Rowan Ricardo Phillips, the winner of a Whiting Writers' Award, the PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award, and the GLCA New Writers Award for Poetry, is the author of The Ground (FSG, 2012). He lives… Read More
“The View Near a Black Hole” by Christine Klocek-Lim
Christine Klocek-Lim received the 2009 Ellen La Forge Memorial Prize in poetry. She has four poetry chapbooks: Ballroom - a love story (Flutter Press 2012), Cloud Studies - a sonnet sequence (Whale… Read More
ERNEST HILBERT’S NEW BOOK, CALIGULAN, NOW AVAILABLE
Ernest Hilbert's third collection of poetry, Caligulan, is now available for sale. … Read More
“Hotel Water Deemed Safe Despite Corpse” by Ernest Hilbert
There’s much pleasure, clarity, and discipline to the way Ernest Hilbert looks around him in Caligulan, at the complicated textures of city and landscape, and at all the stuff, the materials, the… Read More
“Barnegat Light” by Ernest Hilbert
Tough-minded and precise, Ernest Hilbert’s lyrics, like his old mirror left out at the curb, turn an unflinching gaze on pieces of inner and outer landscapes we often push to the periphery.… Read More
“Lightning Bugs” by Kevin Durkin
Kevin Durkin attended schools in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Germany before earning his degree in English literature from Princeton University. He has taught English in Singapore, Kitakyushu (Japan), New York City, and… Read More
New York Book Launch for Ernest Hilbert’s Caligulan and Quincy Lehr’s Dark Lord of the Tiki Bar!
Come out to help celebrate two new books of poetry from Measure Press, Ernest Hilbert's Caligulan and Quincy Lehr's Dark Lord of the Tiki Bar… Read More
Philadelphia Book Launch Party for Ernest Hilbert’s Caligulan and Quincy Lehr’s Dark Lord of the Tiki Bar
Come out to help celebrate two new books of poetry from Measure Press, Ernest Hilbert's Caligulan and Quincy Lehr's Dark Lord of the Tiki Bar!… Read More
Recent Publications and Radio Appearances by Ernest Hilbert
Here's a brief post to advertise some things I've been doing lately. What better time to do a roundup than in the very doldrums of summer? Stay cool, if you can, and… Read More
“Doctor Coyote When He Had a Problem” by Gary Snyder
Gary Snyder is the author of sixteen collections of poetry and prose. Since 1970 he has lived in the watershed of the South Yuba River in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada.… Read More
“Pedestrian at Best” by Courtney Barnett
“I like to try to play with a lot of alliteration and see how many syllables I can squeeze into a sentence,” Barnett says. “I write and rewrite just for my own… Read More
“Casus Belli” by R.S. Gwynn
“Gwynn juxtaposes styles and subjects not customarily seen together—mythic and modish images phrased in language alternatively sublime and debased—but told with such force of imagination and assured musicality that the resulting poems… Read More
“The Last Page” by David M. Katz
David M. Katz is the author of three books of poems: Stanzas on Oz, Poems 2011-2014 (Dos Madres Press), Claims of Home, Poems 1984- 2010 (Dos Madres Press), and The Warrior in… Read More
“Fleshly Answers” by Rachel Hadas
Rachel Hadas has been the recipient of a Guggenheim Foundation fellowship, two Ingram Merrill Foundation grants, the O.B. Hardison Award from the Folger Shakespeare Library, and an Award in Literature from the… Read More
Nirvana’s “Heart Shaped Box” Performed by Father John Misty
"Fresh from releasing his latest critically lauded album I Love You, Honeybear, Father John Misty (or Josh Tillman if you are feeling familiar) has decided to cover Nirvana’s classic ‘Heart-Shaped Box’ from… Read More
“Meridian” by Ernest Hilbert
"Ernest Hilbert’s poems are beautifully made in their diction. The intelligence is clear." – Donald Hall… Read More
“Little Naomi: The Great Gatsby (Baz Luhrmann)” by Susan de Sola
Susan de Sola is an American poet living in Amsterdam. Her poems have appeared in The Hudson Review, The Hopkins Review, Ambit, River Styx, and many other venues. She holds a… Read More
“Human Interest” by Ernest Hilbert (with Audio)
Tough-minded and precise, Ernest Hilbert’s lyrics, like his old mirror left out at the curb, turn an unflinching gaze on pieces of inner and outer landscapes we often push to the periphery.… Read More
“Weathering” by Fleur Adcock
"Fleur Adcock (b.1934) is a New Zealander by birth but spent part of her childhood in England, returning to live in London in 1963. She worked as a librarian until 1979 before… Read More
“The Courage of Poetry”: Alicia Stallings TED Talk
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live… Read More
“Kite” by Ernest Hilbert (with Audio)
"The comparisons to Lowell are just . . . What’s so attractive [in All of You on the Good Earth] is the colloquial nonchalance that transpires within the formal decorum. It’s quirkier,… Read More
“Toddler Beneath a Jacaranda” by Kevin Durkin
Kevin Durkin attended schools in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Germany before earning his degree in English literature from Princeton University. He has taught English in Singapore, Kitakyushu (Japan), New York City, and… Read More
Waxahatchee Unplugged at the Sunday Sessions Berlin
"Alabama native Katie Crutchfield—twin sister of Swearin's Allison Crutchfield—writes in the liner notes of American Weekend, her piercing debut as Waxahatchee. Crutchfield builds her songs from humble materials—usually just an acoustic guitar… Read More