September 30, 2015
Thirty-Odd Poets
As Robert Frost once wrote (riffing on a line from Hamlet), “Play’s the thing. All virtue in ‘as if.’” Last Thursday, at the New School, thirty-odd poets (the hyphen is important) […]
September 10, 2015
By Any Other Name: The Best American Pseudonym 2015
Not too long ago, a writer wrote a children’s fantasy book. It was rejected quite a few times, but eventually a publisher took interest. The writer’s name was Joanne, and […]