“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
“Day in Autumn” by Rainer Maria Rilke
After the summer's yield, Lord, it is time . . .… Read More
“America” by Tony Hoagland
"Hoagland’s collection has the appeal of a mean-but-funny friend . . . he’s so entertaining and . . . so spot on in his insights." - New York Times Book Review… Read More
“From the Future with Love” by K-Michel Parandi
Thanks to Andrew for sending this little movie to us. … Read More
Philly Poet Paul Siegell to Perform for Festival Audience of Thousands in Colorado!
It's not often that poets get to perform for audiences greater than a few hundred. Well, Philadelphia gonzo poet Paul Siegell has agreed to appear as the only poet at the Lakeside Stride… Read More
“Journey to Iceland” by W.H. Auden
From Auden's "highly amusing and unorthodox travel book" Letters from Iceland, with Louis MacNeice. … Read More
“Self Portrait at Cavelady” by Amy Gerstler
Amy Gerstler's most recent books of poetry include Dearest Creature, Ghost Girl, Medicine, and Crown of Weeds. Her book of poems Bitter Angel received a National Book Critics’ Circle Award in 1991.… Read More
“Midway” a Short Preview of a Film by Chris Jordan
"On one of the remotest islands on our planet, tens of thousands of baby albatrosses lie dead on the ground, their bodies filled with plastic from the Pacific Garbage Patch. Returning to… 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
Atlas Human-Powered Helicopter
Hey, cyclists, tired of jostling with cars on your way to work? Try flying with your bike . . . … 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
“Manayunk” by James Feichthaler
A frequenter of corner-dives around the globe and self-proclaimed beer connoisseur and poetry junky, James Feichthaler co-founded a group of poets called "The Dead Bards of Philadelphia" and helps runs a poetry… 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
Billy Strayhorn’s “Take the ‘A’ Train” Performed by the Charles Mingus Sextet
Charles Mingus on Bass, Eric Dolphy on Bass Clarinet, Dannie Richmond on Drums, Clifford Jordan on Tenor Sax, Jackie Byard on Piano, and Johnny Coles on Trumpet.… Read More
“The Guardian Angel Of The Private Life” by Jorie Graham
First published by Ernest Hilbert in his magazine The Oxford Quarterly, 1995. … 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
“Being Me” by Lynn Levin
Catch Lynn Levin live in New York City this fall! Bryant Park (behind the New York Public Library) in the Word for Word series (with Amir Or and Eduardo Corral), Tuesday, October 15,… Read More
“In A Former Life” by Marlene Joyce Pearson
"Marlene Pearson is a domestic fabulist of the first order, spinning poems out of the beautiful damage of our lives. Let us welcome these vibrant cadences, this music unafraid of what hurts… Read More
“O Heart Uncovered” by Joseph Ceravolo
The New York–born son of Italian immigrants, Ceravolo died at age 54 after publishing several books, establishing a career as a hydraulics engineer, and raising a family in New Jersey. His 1968… Read More
So, Somebody Strapped a Small Camera to an Eagle, and, as You Might Imagine . . . Cool. Have a Great Weekend!
I'll be honest, I always wondered what it would look like. … 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