Best American Poetry- Two poems by Lee Upton from "The Day Every Day Is"POLITICAL AMBITION A pig swallowing an entire apple tree then sleeping under covers Politics must be hard You can’t step into the same politics twice I take off my boots When I try to put them back on they won’t let me Politics is wearing them now Politics can always step into a victim twice Here’s Pharaoh here’s a basket and inside the basket is the death […]
- Willis Reed, Legendary Center of the World Champion N. Y. Knicks, RIP [by Stacey Harwood-Lehman]Basketball great Willis Reed spoke about his literacy project. David was eager to get his predictions for the upcoming Knicks season. In 2003, then chairman of the NEA Dana Gioia, invited David to join him in Washington for the annual Washington Book Festival, hosted by Laura Bush. It was a great event. Dana had even arranged for David's mom Anne to com […]
- WEDNESDAYS WITH DENISE: March 22, 2023Did you ever wonder who your favorite poet would be if she weren’t a poet? A rock star maybe? Here’s Anne Waldman (part Debra Harry and part Madonna) in a music video from 1982! I first heard about this on my favorite podcast Breaking Form (hosted by James Allen Hall and Aaron Smith) and now I’m hooked. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHX-PU9SN8A And who c […]
- "It Might As Well Be Spring" [with Dick Haymes in 1972]Related StoriesShe Got Pinched in the Assss. . . tor Bar! [by Stacey Harwood]
- Two poems by Lee Upton from "The Day Every Day Is"
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Monthly Archives: September 2014
Changes
The changes come slowly. Sometimes painfully. I can feel so old…so tired. The price of wisdom, the price of anchorage in a world that hurls itself around me. My dreams spring new then fall around me in a perennial cycle. … Continue reading
Interview with Royal Oak Bookshop Owner Kevin Seabrook
Royal Oak Transcript — From an interview with Kevin Seabrook on Sunday, September 7, 2014. If you are in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and love books, you must visit this venerable shop. It has a wide selection and a … Continue reading
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Honoring the Bookstore
In a few days, I will begin sharing interviews, pics, and videos of used bookstores and their proprietor(s). Many of us who love books and reading have a certain bookstore that inspired us at some point in our lives. Younger … Continue reading
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Murmurs and Musings 