“At the Grave of Amy Clampitt” by Tom Disch
It is worth noting that this poem was composed and published while Amy Clampitt was still alive and kicking. … Read More
“Carpe Demon” by Lucie Brock-Broido
Lucie Brock-Broido was born in Pittsburgh, was educated at Johns Hopkins and Columbia University, and has taught at Bennington, Princeton, Harvard (where she was a Briggs-Copeland poet), and Columbia. She is the… 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
Enough with All the Statues of White Men! Celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Installation of Meredith Bergman’s Sculpture for the Boston Women’s Memorial
"Please join us for a celebration of the 10th anniversary of the unveiling of my largest sculpture project to date, the Boston Women's Memorial, on Sunday, October 27th from 1-3 pm on… Read More
“Girls Overheard While Assembling a Puzzle” by Mary Szybist
Poet Mary Szybist grew up in Pennsylvania. She earned degrees from the University of Virginia and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, where she was a Teaching-Writing Fellow. Her first collection of poetry, Granted… Read More
“Vetiver” by John Ashbery
"An idea might occur to me, something very banal—for example, isn't it strange that it is possible to both talk and think at the same time? That might be an idea for… 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
“If See No End In Is” by Frank Bidart
"Bidart writes through passion, but also through subtraction, leaving out all but the statements that seem essential to the soul, the desire, the wisdom or the memory at hand. The results, however… Read More
“We Are Not the Stars, We Are What’s Between Them” by Matt Rasmussen
"Black Aperture addresses, with meticulous balance, a single event from multiple directions. Autobiographical, speculative, imaginal, at times bitterly comic, often lyrically surreal, Matt Rasmussen's transformative poems look outward they are built on… 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
“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