Jose Padua: What I Keep Coming Back To
One of my fondest memories of my mother is this— seeing her on the corner of Mt. Pleasant and Hobart when I’d caught up with her and my dad after … Continue reading
Ace Boggess: Four Poems
Ace Boggess is an ex-con, ex-husband, ex-reporter, and completely exhausted by all the things he isn’t anymore. He is the author of two books of poetry: The Prisoners (Brick Road Poetry … Continue reading
Video: ‘Dear Matafele Peinem” by Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner
The most interesting part of the United Nations Climate Summit was not a speech by any of the world leaders in attendance, but a poem read by Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, a … Continue reading
Jose Padua: September Song
When I was a kid in grade school the teacher once made us repeat after her, “The key to success is hard work.” Years later, in college, another teacher told … Continue reading
Jose Padua: The Pursuit of Happiness
It was the 60s way before the summer of love when after being turned away from the entrance to Mayo Beach because we’re people of color, or, specifically, as the … Continue reading
Anna Husain: Equinox Descending
Come with me into the fading meadow where dry fronds of summer past beckon us to the beauty that is weary earth preparing for slumber, where seeds rest and … Continue reading
Video: Translators Chana Bloch and Chana Kronfeld read from Open Closed Open by Yehuda Amichai
Open Closed Open by Yehuda Amichai, translated from the Hebrew by Chana Bloch and Chana Kronfeld. Biographies Chana Bloch, is the author of Blood Honey and Mrs. Dumpty, and co-translator of … Continue reading
Jose Padua: The Complete Failure of Everything
We got there right before the guy who ran the slam started coming around with the sign up sheet, and as he walked by I said to him, “I’ll try … Continue reading
Jose Padua: Toward a Philosophy of Tight Pants
Originally posted on Shenandoah Breakdown:
On one of my first mornings at our new hundred year old house in a small town with my wife at work in the city…
Video: Terrance Hayes Reading “Arbor for Butch”
MacArthur Award winner,Terrance Hayes reads “Arbor for Butch” from his collection, Lighthead at the 92nd Street Y. Originally uploaded on November 18, 2010.
Jose Padua: Driving Around Wondering If The Cops Will Stop Me For Playing Classical Music Too Loud
Driving home from the store blasting the third movement of Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major as performed by the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra I look into the glare of … Continue reading
Sam Hamill: On the Anniversary of Her Death
Awakened from a restless, wine-inspired sleep, I wake in the night to find Yuan Chen’s elegy and read, “Even if I had wings, the net of grief would snare me.” … Continue reading
Jose Padua: Exile from Mayberry
After having returned to Washington I found myself watching television all the time. I’d watch Late Night with David Letterman every night, waiting for him to do one of those … Continue reading
Video: “Renegade” by Kate Tempest
Kate Tempest is the most exciting thing to happen to the English language in a long time.
