2nd ANNUAL NAPOMO 30/30/30 :: DAY 28 :: BUD BERKICH on WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS
William Carlos Williams: Backyard Artist I first experienced the poetry of William Carlos Williams in the fall of 1994, as an English major at Rutgers College. For me, it was…
2nd ANNUAL NAPOMO 30/30/30 :: DAY 24 :: ELIZABETH CLARK WESSEL on GRACE PALEY
There is a long time in me between knowing and telling. My favorite Grace Paley stories have one-word titles: Wants, Debts, Love, Friends, Mother. Each is just a few…
NYC Readings Roundup :: APRIL 23-28
Editor’s note: welcome to the 9th iteration of our new weekly series, the Readings Roundup…which you might notice is growing steadily! Sorry if I’m repeating myself to some of you…
2nd ANNUAL NAPOMO 30/30/30 :: DAY 23 :: JULIET P. HOWARD on PAT PARKER
I first discovered the phenomenal poet Pat Parker (1944-1989) in my early 20’s and immediately fell in love with her poetry. I discovered her poetry around the same time that…
2nd ANNUAL NAPOMO 30/30/30 :: DAY 22 :: MATT LONGABUCCO on RENÉ RICARD
I recently showed my students a few scenes from Julian Schnabel’s Basquiat, and while prepping the class the night before wound up watching the whole movie, for the amazing soundtrack…
2nd ANNUAL NAPOMO 30/30/30 :: DAY 19 :: JOHN KROPA on CLARK COOLIDGE
“How I’d like to think is as words come. Instead I think how they go. Catch them as they recede. This is because my brain is in my head and…
2nd Annual NAPOMO 30/30/30 :: DAY 18 :: ELIZA SWANN ON BERNADETTE MAYER
Becoming Aware of Genuine Being-Duty: Thoughts On Bernadette Mayer When I think about Bernadette Mayer I think about flowers, I think about fucking, I think about a good joke. I…
2nd ANNUAL NAPOMO :: DAY 17 :: CAITS MEISSNER on YONA HARVEY
I have drunk in the words of Yona Harvey a’plenty and surfaced quenched. She is a blessing of a poet, a writer who’s words stick in the psyche for time.…
2nd Annual NAPOMO 30/30/30 :: DAY 15 :: MEL ELBERG on MAUREEN OWEN
I WHO POUNDED ON YOUR DREAMS remember when the word romance meant moonlight & now it just means holding down two jobs by Mel Elberg “Maureen Owen saved me from…
LAYER TENNIS LIVE STREAM :: PRINT! VOL. 3 :: OLÉ!
Read this post from the bottom up for the full experience. Volley 10 – Eric Meyer Eric’s final volley stitches together pieces from the course of this long afternoon. The…