What is the Function of this Product? “Side Effects,” a Short Film Directed by Lev Pakman and Written by Josh Brown
"An urgent meeting between the boss of a pharmaceutical company and one of his upstart young employees to discuss a troubling rumor about a new drug."… Read More
“Alone Time,” a Short Film by Rod Blackhurst
"A young woman, stressed by her busy and continually crowded New York City existence spontaneously retreats to a solitary lake deep in the Adirondacks."… Read More
Ernest Hilbert Reads from All of You on the Good Earth at the Bowery Poetry Club
On November 3rd, 2013, I read for the Carmine Street Metrics series at the newly redecorated Bowery Arts and Science building, formerly known as the Bowery Poetry Club. That's what we still… Read More
Philly Poet Paul Siegell Slams Ticketmaster at the Lakeside Stride Festival
E-Verse's post punk poet paladin slams into the corporate giant in a Grapes-of-Wrath-style rant at the Lakeside Stride Festival in Denver. Go on, Paul! We all feel it. … Read More
Five Famous Women Who Have Been Raped
Shockingly, some of the greatest, most powerful women have also been the victims of horrific violence. More power to them for overcoming it. … Read More
Ernest Hilbert Reads “Calavera for a Friend” at KGB Bar in New York City
Calculated to reflect the sixty minutes in an hour of heightened imaginative contemplation, the poems in Ernest Hilbert’s first book, Sixty Sonnets, contain memories of violence, historical episodes, humorous reflections, quiet despair,… Read More
“Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown”: An Excellent Feature-Length Documentary on the Life and Works of H.P. Lovecraft
LOVECRAFT: FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN is a chronicle of the life, work and mind that created these weird tales as told by many of today's luminaries of dark fantasy including John Carpenter,… Read More
Ernest Hilbert in New York, Sunday, November 3rd
I'll be reading for the Carmine Street Metrics series at Bowery Poetry Club with local favorite Rick Mullin, this Sunday, 5:45PM. Stop by, say hi, grab a drink, hear some poems. There… Read More
Cynthia Says “Zombies Are Everywhere These Days, But I Feel So Much Safer Now That I Know Animals Would Just Eat Them Like Any Other Dead Flesh”
As Halloween approaches, I have no doubt that there will be a zombie invasion at my doorstep demanding candy rather than brains. Zombies have truly become a cornerstone of current a… Read More
“Hel[l]ical Double Sestina: [Metal Number One]” by Ernest Hilbert (With Audio!)
"I’ve always known of it in much the way one knows what a soup tureen is, which is to say I was aware of what it is but never had much use… Read More
Instructional Video on Making Japanese “Butt Pudding”
Yeah, so if you have a packet of Butt Pudding and don't read Japanese, this video may come in handy. … Read More
“The Metal-head Image Was Like Armor Donned Each Day”: Ernest Hilbert Interviewed for Daniel Nester’s “Behind the Sestina”
"We go Behind the Sestina with Hilbert to uncover the metallic truth about his poem 'Hel[l]ical Double Sestina: [Metal Number One]' featured in The Incredible Sestina Anthology."… Read More
“The Sleepover,” a (Funny) (and Gory) Short Horror Film by Chris Cullari
2012 Official Selection of Fantastic Fest, Shriekfest, Knoxville Horror Fest, Vassar FilmFest, and winner of "The Cabin In the Woods"/Lionsgate/Vimeo contest! THE SLEEPOVER is a proof-of-concept for a feature film about a… Read More
“I Actually Had to Create My Own Sound for a Tumbleweed Flying By”: Ernest Hilbert and Producer/Musician Dave Young Interviewed on WDIY, 80.1FM
If you missed the interview with Keith Kelleher when it first aired, on September 18, 2013, you may listen here.… Read More
“Aldershot Crematorium” by John Betjeman
"He is in the best sense a committed writer, whose poems spring from what he really feels about real life, and as a result he brings back to poetry a sense of… Read More
“For Lew Welch In A Snowfall” by Gary Snyder
"The greatest of living nature poets . . . It helps us to go on, having Gary Snyder in our midst." - Los Angeles Times.… Read More
Behold the Little Blue Man
" Little Blue Man strikes me as a beautifully original idea that appeals to the child in every perceptive adult." - Anne Stevenson… Read More
“Out Of The Woods” by The Foals
The latest band from Oxford, England. Well, one of the notable ones since Radiohead. … Read More
“Hospital Window” by Allen Ginsberg
“Taken all together, Ginsberg’s poems are X-rays of a considerable part of American society during the last four decades.” - The New Yorker… Read More
“It Was My Season” by Okkervil River
Bought the new double vinyl LP for Lynn last night at Long in the Tooth. She'll be at the show in New York City tonight. Say hi if you see her!… Read More
Cynthia Listens Back to Some Old Rock
It's so refreshing to look back at old broadcasts of great music. … Read More
Paul Siegell Reads at the E-Verse Equinox Autumn 2013 Reading at Fergie’s Pub, Hosted by Ernest Hilbert
Paul Siegell reads from his books and introduced some new poems at the E-Verse Equinox Autumn 2013 Reading at Fergie's Pub in Philadelphia, September 18th. … Read More
Ernest Hilbert and Dave Young Interviewed on NPR-Affiliate WDIY 88.1 in the Lehigh Valley, Today at 3PM EST
Ernest Hilbert talks about his spoken word poetry album Elegies & Laments with the album's producer, Dave Young, owner of Pub Can Records in Philadelphia. Tune in and check it out!… Read More
E-Verse Equinox Reading Series Presents Daisy Fried, Kim Bridgford, Laynie Brown, and Paul Siegell in Philadelphia
E-Verse Equinox Reading Series, Hosted by Ernest Hilbert September 18th, 7PM, FREE! Upstairs at Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102, 215-928-8118… Read More
“Protector #2 Your Personal Amulet” by Laynie Browne
Ron Silliman has commented on Laynie Browne’s book Daily Sonnets that “It’s a stunner and a delight. A pure dose of heady oxygen . . . an icon for the generation of… Read More
“STRONG GRAPHIC NON-STOP LANGUAGE [SIC]”: LIMITED EDITION SIGNED POSTER ADVERTISING RED HEN IN NYC, AUTUMN 2013
Limited edition poster for the Friday September 13th Red Hen reading at KGB Bar in New York City, featuring poets Ernest Hilbert, Matthea Harvey, and Brenda Shaughnessy, hosted by Kate Gale, one… Read More
“To My Twenty-Three-Year-Old Self” by Brenda Shaughnessy
Brenda Shaughnessy is the author of Interior with Sudden Joy (1999), Human Dark with Sugar (2008), winner of the James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets, and Our Andromeda (2012).… Read More
“We Almost Revel in Their Destruction”: Apiary Magazine Reviews Ernest Hilbert’s All of You on the Good Earth
"Hilbert’s poetic prowess shines brightest when his lines are coated in darkness."… Read More
Father John Misty Covers the Flaming Lips’ “Do You Realize?” for The Onion’s AV Club
Yeah, he kinda kills it. Great song. … Read More