Sandpiper The roaring alongside he takes for granted,and that every so often the world is bound to shake.He runs, he runs to the south, […]
2 Feb
Many people may think of Star Black as a photographer who has documented NYC downtown art and literary events. She also curated the Monday […]
26 Jan
My friend, the artist Neddi Heller, has two shows going on now in Brooklyn. It’s always a pleasure to see her work so I […]
24 Jan
Last year on January 30th, my friend Dr. José Fernandez died of a heart attack on his way to work at a nearby hospital. […]
19 Jan
If you have been deciding whether your next read is going to be a novel or a poem, I have the perfect solution for […]
14 Jan
I went to Maria Lisella’s apartment in Queens, a walk from the train, the elevated N. She thoughtfully had prepared a meal for me, […]
14 Jan
I became friends with the Bangladeshi artist, Akash, on Facebook a while ago. I’m not sure when or why, but since then, I’ve enjoyed […]
12 Jan
Many of the poems in Julia Knobloch’s new chapbook, Book of Failed Salvation, are love poems that are secular, but explore the divine as well. […]
6 Jan
In Broken Color the poet looks at art, but the poems are not, to my mind, ekphrastic; the poems are more about the looking than […]
30 Dec
158 Like the dried up dead wasp with its venom gone rolled up on the windowsill like a ball of dust my […]
26 Dec
I read with Reuben Gelley Newman at Pete’s Candy Store in Brooklyn a while back and enjoyed his work; he sang a song too, […]
19 Dec
Ama Birch got funding to talk to people in Ridgewood, Queens, hear their stories, and then make poems out of what she heard. Ridgewood […]
