Tag Archives: Jim Cory

Ryan Eckes reads from Wrong Heaven Again

… 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 →

Jim Cory reads from Birds and Buildings

17 Nov ’19

… I like in the title of Birds and Buildings how the birds come first and the buildings come second; there is something very poetic about that and also something a little askew. What is more important, bigger, the building … Continue reading →

Jim Cory reads from Have You Seen This Man?

29 Aug ’19

… What are friends for? When you are dead and gone, sometimes someone advocates for your remembrance, giving your past a present, an amazing accomplishment when the word lives. Through serendipity and fate, Bryan Borland and Seth Pennington, publishers at … Continue reading →

Jim Cory reads from 25 Short Poems

6 Oct ’17

… Quem recitas meus est, o Fidentine, libellus: …sed male cum recitas, incipit esse tuus. Fidentius, when you recite my little book …badly, it becomes yours. ………—Martial … I went down to Philly to record Jim Cory in his lofty … Continue reading →