“Clown” by Chelsey Minnis
Chelsey Minnis was born in Dallas, Texas, and grew up in Denver, Colorado. She attended the University of Colorado at Boulder and the Iowa Writer's workshop. She is the author of Zirconia… Read More
“Influence”: A New Film about Autism from Michael and Meredith Bergman
"The last time I directed a movie was in 2006, two years before our son Dan pierced his autism by learning to communicate by spelling. Our world was unimaginably different then. This… Read More
“I Disapprove. A Writer is a Maker not a Man of Action”: A Documentary About the Life, Loves, and Ideas of W. H. Auden
We get to see Auden on a television talk show. Worth a watch. Produced and Directed by Susanna White.… Read More
Nhu Vuong Reads Ernest Hilbert’s “Domestic Situation” for Poetry Out Loud
Check out a video of one of the Poetry Out Loud contestants performing Ernest Hilbert's poem "Domestic Situation."… Read More
Mercury Radio Theater’s “I Don’t Owe You No More” on the Static Sessions
Mercury Radio Theater is Philadelphia's conceptual rockabilly/punk monster/sci fi with a zydeco twist band (or, in their more concise appellation, "Punk Rock Exotica"). With three LPs to date, the band is known… Read More
Cynthia’s “Best Song Ever”
Queen's Guitarist Brian May explains how their operatic classic "Bohemian Rhapsody" was written and recorded. It's a little long to watch the whole thing but very interesting to see how the parts came… Read More
Right, so Beth Gibbons from Portishead Sings Black Sabbath’s Eponymous Track “Black Sabbath” Backed by British Metal Band Gonga
So, you should check it out. She nails it. … Read More
Elegies & Laments in the Raintown Review
The editors of Raintown Review have kindly granted me permission to reproduce online a review of my album Elegies & Laments, recorded for Pub Can Records with the band Legendary Misbehavior, featuring… Read More
“Save Earth” by Ernest Hilbert
The Raintown Review is a perfect-bound, semi-annual journal. We have published the works of established and up-and-coming writers such as Dick Allen, Jared Carter, Patrick Chapman, Jehanne Dubrow, Annie Finch, Kevin Higgins,… Read More
“Theophobia” by Jessica Piazza
Jessica Piazza is the author of two poetry collections: Interrobang (Red Hen Press, 2013) and the chapbook This is not a sky (Black Lawrence Press, 2014). She is a co-founder of Bat… Read More
“Colmcille on Exile” by Paul Muldoon
A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Paul Muldoon was given an American Academy of Arts… Read More
“Morning Song of Senlin” by Conrad Aiken
"Few poets can have made greater efforts or faced more reasonably deprivation of recognition. [Aiken's] truly prodigious output met with curiously intermittent appreciation, periods of long neglect being taken with unflagging endurance… Read More
“The Snowman” by Eric Thomas Norris
Eric Norris is the author of 3 books: Terence, Nocturnal Omissions—with Gavin Geoffrey Dillard, and Cock Sucking (On Mars). He is a founding editor of the online poetry journal Kin (wearekin.org). Eric… Read More
“It Would Have Meant Death, Or At Least a Flogging”: Watch the Rehearsals and Preparations for the Premiere of Stella Sung’s Opera Red Silk Thread: An Epic Tale of Marco Polo after a Libretto by Ernest Hilbert
This series of short videos includes brief interviews with composer Stella Sung and director Beth Greenberg, along with the singers, choreographer, dancers, costume designer, digital effects team, and members of the chorus.… Read More
Hair. Not the Musical. Your Hair. And Some Facts You Ought to Know, Such As . . .
"In Renaissance Venice, women dyed their hair blonde using horse urine."… Read More
“Coda” by Basil Bunting
Though his major poems were not written until late in life, and despite the sporadic composition of his poetry, Basil Bunting wrote some of the most enduring verse of the twentieth century.… Read More
“I Can Picture Hilbert in a Drunken Brawl with Christopher Marlowe. I Mean this as a Compliment”: All of You on the Good Earth Reviewed in The New Criterion
The April poetry issue of The New Criterion is now available: Bruce Bawer discusses Marianne Moore's life and art, William Logan considers Emily Dickinson's envelope poems, and David Yezzi addresses the musicality… Read More
If You Text While You Drive, Stop. Just Stop It. Now. Werner Herzog Agrees.
"There's a completely new culture out there. I'm not a participant of texting and driving—or texting at all—but I see there's something going on in civilization which is coming with great vehemence… Read More
“The Novelist” by W.H. Auden
They can amaze us like a thunderstorm . . .… Read More
“JUNKYARD” a Short Animated Film by Hisko Hulsing
"A man is robbed and stabbed on a metro train. As he lays dying, a friendship from his youth flashes before his eyes."… Read More
“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