Don Yorty

Geometric Forms by Akram

… I have been going through sketches Akram did for me when I was in Pennsylvania last year at this time taking care of my father who was dying. Akram would send them on his phone. Here are some of … Continue reading →

Robert Rhodes: Dawn: Another winter storm arrives

5 Jan ’18

… Yesterday morning, January 4, Robert Rhodes went to Buchanan Park in Lancaster, Pennsylvania to capture the blizzard that was beginning to cover the East Coast from Florida to Maine with freezing cold and snow, a wonderful recording of this … Continue reading →

Poem a Month, poems and art by Philip Good

2 Jan ’18

On the day of Christmas Eve, Philip Good gave to me a gift that’s delighted me so much I want to share it with you now, POEM A MONTH, Poems and Art by Philip Good. Enjoy.

Happy New Year

29 Dec ’17

… … … Repair. Prepare. Take care. Be there. … … … … … Drawings (Season’s Greetings) by Akram.

Oatmeal Gravy

27 Dec ’17

… At the moment the kitchen is not well-stocked. Among many missing items, there is no flour. I wanted to roast a chicken and make gravy with the drippings. People said, “Why don’t you just go to the store and … Continue reading →

Bertha Rogers reads from Heart Turned Back

27 Dec ’17

… I heard Bertha Rogers read at Zinc Bar on the 19th of November, and it was one of the best readings I’ve been to in a long time, much like the woman herself, down to earth and sublime. She … Continue reading →

Fifteen Winter Paintings by Charles Burchfield

26 Dec ’17

… I found a photo of Charles Burchfield working in and experiencing the snow. No gloves, no scarf, no ear muffs; he seems oblivious to the cold. Often when I’ve worked in the cold, I’m not cold, especially when cutting … Continue reading →

Joan Larkin reads at Haverford College

29 Nov ’17

… After my father died, I read Cold River by Joan Larkin, a book about dying, parents and friends with AIDS. I remembered looking up at the stars sleeping in a sleeping bag with my father. I remembered visiting the … Continue reading →

Alistair McCartney reads from The Disintegrations

28 Nov ’17

… As a kid, when I read books, I skipped around a lot. I’d page through encyclopedias, fairy tales, Bible stories, and choose what caught my eye. I still read books of poetry that way, but with prose I mostly … Continue reading →

Joanne Wang: Calligraphic Nature

28 Nov ’17

… I was talking to Joanne Wang the other day and mentioned how much I enjoyed seeing her show last year in October. “That was in August,” she informed me. I wondered about my memory, but I don’t think of … Continue reading →

Robert Hershon reads from Goldfish and Rose

25 Nov ’17

… I heard in September that Robert Hershon and Joan Larkin were going to be reading at Haverford College in November and I immediately knew that I would come down and see them read together. It’s easy enough to get … Continue reading →

Never Made In America: Martín Barea Mattos translated by Mark Statman

23 Nov ’17

… I got Mark Statman’s translation of Never Made In America a year ago just as my life became so full of commitments (I began to take care of my ailing old father) that I had no time to sit … Continue reading →