Category Archives: Poetry

A Lecture by Marie Warsh: My Mother, Antarctica, and Me

… Last autumn, in late October, I went to the Tibet House to hear Marie Warsh read an essay about her mother, the poet Bernadette Mayer. I had never been to the Tibet House before and I have to say … Continue reading →

Ron Padgett reads from Pink Dust

6 Apr ’25

Ron Padgett’s new book of poems, Pink Dust, is a book I like holding. It’s not too small, but small enough to carry in your coat pocket. You can take it along and it doesn’t slow you down. Pink Dust … Continue reading →

Ryan Eckes reads from Wrong Heaven Again

10 Mar ’25

… On November 23rd 2024, I attended the memorial for the poet Jim Cory at the Ethical Society in Philadelphia. Jim was exemplary. He helped younger poets find themselves and get published, and often hosted readings in his apartment that … Continue reading →

New York Poets, The Bowery Poetry Reading Series 2025

10 Mar ’25

… … Ed Friedman and Bob Rosenthal created, coordinated, and curated seven poetry readings at Bowery Poetry on Tuesday nights from January 14th to March the 4th 2025. These readings featured twenty three poets. Most of these poets were already … Continue reading →

Voyages by Lonely Christopher

3 Mar ’25

Voyages is a play by Lonely Christopher about the life of Hart Crane, seminal scenes, acts that created the poet. I love Hart Crane. I first encountered him in my romantic twenties, an inspiring poet whose life, prophetic, tragic, and … Continue reading →

Hart Crane’s Voyages III & V read by Tennessee Williams

3 Mar ’25

In my twenties I was lucky to find an LP of Tennessee Williams reading Hart Crane poems at a record store in Philly. I’ve converted them to Vimeos and include Voyages III and V here. Enjoy. III Infinite consanguinity it … Continue reading →

Jada Gordon reads some of her poems

17 Feb ’25

Jada Gordon is a cohost for the KGB Monday Night Poetry Series, and over the years has introduced me to many new poets. I’d like to return Jada’s wonderful selfless efforts promoting the work of others by sharing some of … Continue reading →

Joe Elliot reads from An Everything

15 Feb ’25

Joe Elliot does something that is very difficult to do, he makes a poem funny and sublime and lets it tell a story too, poetry that is not for some, but for everybody. I’ve been wanting to get Joe … Continue reading →

Mitch Highfill reads from 5

15 Jan ’25

… Mitch Highfill lives on a beautiful out of the way street in Brooklyn that has both sun and quiet. I went over to Mitch’s a few weeks ago to do what I have been wanting to do for a … Continue reading →

Maggie Dubris sends New Year Greetings

13 Jan ’25

… One of the nicer things about getting older is that I get to know those I know even better. One of the nicer things too is that one of my friends, Maggie Dubris, sends me a New Year’s Greeting … Continue reading →

Ryan Cook reads “Mascara” at Taylor & Co. Books

11 Jan ’25

Wednesday, January 8, was very cold and windy, but there was a poetry reading happening at Taylor & Co. Books in Brooklyn that I wanted to get to. It was so bad that the wind coming from the north, as … Continue reading →