“Dinner and a Movie” a Short Film by Ben Aston
"A heartwarming dramady about love, life and prison dating websites... Lovestruck Randy is thrilled when his prison pen pal Crystal is finally released and they can meet in person, but is woefully… Read More
“Almanac” by Kelly Grovier
Kelly Grovier is the founder of the scholarly journal European Romantic Review and a regular contributor to the Observer and the Times Literary Supplement. He is a lecturer in English and Creative… Read More
“The Awareness . . .”
"On the eve of a technological breakthrough, an insignificant janitor and a prominent engineer are faced with a decision that will alter the course of humanity: the release of the first aware… Read More
From Joachim Du Bellay’s Les Antiquitez de Rome
Karl Kirchwey is the author of six books of poems, A Wandering Island (Princeton University Press, 1990; recipient of the Norma Farber First Book Award from the Poetry Society of America), Those… Read More
“When the Zombies Come” a Short Film by Jon Hurst
Official Selection of Atlanta Film Festival, Friars Club Film Festival, Florida Film Festival, Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival, BAMcinemaFest, Rooftop Films Summer Series, Independent Film festival Boston, Stanely Film Festival, Philidephia Film Festival,… Read More
Books are Dead, Blah Blah Blah, Yeah, Yeah, Now Hold On Just One Minute and Look at This
Thanks to Andrew for sending this one in. … Read More
Do You Like it When Cats Purr? You Should, It Might Just Save Your Life: This Handy Chart Explains
So next time a cat gets on your lap and purrs, don't push it off!… Read More
“Support” by Leonard Gontarek
Philadelphia poet Leonard Gontarek’s poetry collections include Déjà Vu Diner (2006) and St. Genevieve Watching Over Paris (1984). His poems have also been featured in Joyful Noise: An Anthology of American Spiritual… Read More
“Puma” by Ted Hughes
“What’s writing really about? It’s about trying to take fuller possession of the reality of your life.” - Ted Hughes… Read More
Camera Falls from Airplane and Lands in Pig Pen
Have a great weekend everyone!… Read More
“Our Drone Future” a Short Film from Alex Cornell
"Our Drone Future explores the technology, capability, and purpose of drones, as their presence becomes an increasingly pervasive reality in the skies of tomorrow. In the near future, cities use semi-autonomous drones… Read More
Get Ready to Scroll Through a Scale Model of the Solar System
Click on the box below to visit the site and take off through our solar system. Fun!… Read More
“LOT254” a Short Horror Film by Toby Meakins
"A Collector repairs a vintage cine camera unlocking the hidden terror of LOT254."… Read More
E-Verse Equinox Returns to Ring in the Spring with Poets Sarah Arvio, Jenn McCreary, and Harry Robert Stoneback
Sarah Arvio, author of Night Thoughts (2013), with Jenn McCreary, author of & Now My Feet Are Maps (2013), and H.R. Stoneback, author of Hurricane Hymn (2009), hosted by Ernest Hilbert. Open… Read More
“Boccherini In the Afternoon” by Mark Schorr
Mark Schorr's books include "Conscious Explanations" (Pen & Anvil); "Heart's Ladder", a collection of forty sonnets; the book-length renga sequence "Recovery: 77 Dream Songs"; "One On A Side: An Evening with Seamus… Read More
Five Poems from the “Haunted Forest” Sequence by Jenn McCreary
Jenn McCreary’s new full-length collection, & now my feet are maps, is now available from Dusie Press. Other works include The Dark Mouth of Living (Horse Less Press), :ab ovo: (Dusie Press),… Read More
Imagine if Lions Jumped on You the Way Your Housecats Do
Kevin Richardson, lion conservation expert, plays with some lions as if they're house cats. It's partly frightening, partly endearing; scary and cute in equal measures. It's presented as part of an ad… Read More
“Outside Death Spiral: On Watching the Favorite TV Programs of a Lost Loved One” by H.R. Stoneback
H. R. Stoneback (BA Rutgers-Camden 1965; PhD Vanderbilt 1970) is Distinguished Professor of English at the State University of New York (New Paltz). He has also been a Visiting Professor at the… Read More
“The Swan at Edgewater Park” by Ruth L. Schwartz
"Ruth L. Schwartz's poems are passionate and compassionate engagements with the sensuous richness that is this living world. Her empathy reaches broadly into every terrain and being, enlarging our understanding of the… Read More
“The Early Ones” by William Stafford
“William Stafford’s quiet presence in the landscape of American poetry in my lifetime has been a kind of continuing reassurance.” —W. S. Merwin… Read More
It’s Friday, So Here’s a Local Philly Cat Playing Piano with a Full Orchestra
Because you need to see this too. And you're welcome. … Read More
“Gravelly Run” by A.R. Ammons
[T]he most distinguished book of American verse, in my judgment, since the publication of Wallace Stevens's Collected Poems. - Harold Bloom on Ammons' collected poems. … Read More
Anna Calvi Absolutely Kills Us with Three Songs on NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert
Three songs from her self-titled debut, "River To The Sea," "Surrender," and "Jezebel."… Read More
“Godzilla Agonistes” by Christopher Bullard
Chris Bullard is a native of Jacksonville, FL. He lives in Collingswood, NJ, and works for the federal government as an Administrative Law Judge. He received his BA from the University of… Read More
Concert Poster for the New Opera The Red Silk Thread: An Epic Tale of Marco Polo by Stella Sung with Libretto by Ernest Hilbert
The production team just sent the official poster for the new opera The Red Silk Thread: An Epic Tale of Marco Polo by Stella Sung. … Read More
“The Peacock at Alderton” by Geoffrey Hill
Geoffrey Hill, the son of a police constable, was born in Worcestershire in 1932. He was educated at Bromsgrove County High School and at Keble College, Oxford. After teaching for more than… Read More
“Sex Goddess of the Western Hemisphere” by Maggie Estep on MTV’s Unplugged
Maggie Estep "passed away of complications February 12, 2014, after suffering cardiac arrest February 9th, 2014."… Read More
“I Took Some Weapons” by Andrew Goodspeed
Andrew Goodspeed was born in New York City. He was educated at the University of Michigan, Oxford, and Trinity College, Dublin. He is currently the Provost of South East European University, Tetovo,… Read More