Don Yorty

Ira Joel Haber: Perspectives

I came across the photographs of Ira Joel Haber on the Internet, got in touch with him, and asked if I could post some of his photos here because I enjoy their perspectives. I am looking forward to exploring his … Continue reading →

Simon Pettet reads from Hearth

14 May ’19

… It has been over a year, way over, since Simon and I got together at my apartment to record him reading from two of his books, As a Bee and Hearth. As a Bee went smoothly although it was … Continue reading →

White Faced Lieutenant, a play by Dennis Moritz

6 May ’19

… White Faced Lieutenant, a new play by the poet playwright, Dennis Moritz, is a prayer of remembrance dedicated to his father, Wallace Moritz, a radar-bombardier in WWII, who was shot down over Japan and spent five months there in … Continue reading →

Ron Kolm reads from Welcome to the Barbecue

1 May ’19

… Ron Kolm came over to my place on Sunday to read from his new book, Welcome to the Barbecue, short poems that chronicle a romance that are both personal and universal, and very precise and clear in poems so … Continue reading →

Larissa Shmailo reads from Sly Bang

27 Apr ’19

… I had the pleasure of being among the writers who read at Jefferson Market Library in celebration of Larissa Shmailo’s new novel, Sly Bang, published by Spuyten Duyvil Press, a book where haunting disturbing poems are found among the … Continue reading →

Steve Dalachinsky reads poems for Artaud and Kupferberg

26 Apr ’19

… When Steve Dalachinsky and Yuko Otomo visited a few weeks back, we had a great time talking and recording their poetry too. Here is Steve reading two of Kenny Angel’s (what Steve likes to call “Kenny’s Broadsides”) hand-colored laser … Continue reading →

Yuko Otomo reads two poems

22 Apr ’19

… When I read Yuko Otomo I think of how learners of English as a second language see and hear possibilities in the sights and sounds of their new language that are not known to the native born because learning … Continue reading →

Poet Laundromat

19 Apr ’19

… Poet Laundromat was filmed and directed by Tom Miller who saw me do a performance of my poem Fucking at Inroads, a venue for performance art in Soho in the early 80s. He’d just bought some video equipment and … Continue reading →

AMERICAN POETS CONGRESS: I AM AN AMERICAN POET

19 Apr ’19

… On April 29, 2018, the American Poets Congress gave a reading at Poets House in NYC. This nascent group began to take shape shortly after the election of Donald Trump. On December 20, 2016, Patricia Spears Jones reached out … Continue reading →

Grace Schulman reads from Strange Paradise @KGB, March 18, 2019

9 Apr ’19

… I was very busy on Monday, March 18, but I went to KGB to hear Grace Schulman read at seven that evening, and I’m glad I did. Her reading was a gentle tour de force that began with a … Continue reading →

Scott Hightower reads from Tartessos

31 Mar ’19

… Scott Hightower’s newest book of poems, Tartessos, takes place in western Spain, recording landscapes and cities, the history of politicians and artists, people the poet knows and knew through his partner, José Luis Fernández de Albornoz, whose roots there … Continue reading →

An ESL Lesson: Writing a Story Using Picture Prompts and Correction Marks

4 Mar ’19

… To the teacher: I took the idea for this lesson from an ESL workbook that I used many years ago. Nothing remains of the book, but for this picture, which I now use as a prompt to get students … Continue reading →