Last weekend, I finally made it to The Newspaper Series at Film Forum. I highly recommend it to anyone who feels nostalgic for a time when a newspaperman was newspaperman and print was the main currency – or to anyone who simply enjoys a double feature on a rainy afternoon. I saw Nothing Sacred and [...]
Author Archives: Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke
Outsider Poet Comes Inside
July 22, 2008 – 1:35 pm
"Kay Ryan, Outsider With Sly Style, Named Poet Laureate" was, at the end of last week, #9 on the New York Times 10 most e-mailed articles list. Apparently there is a large crossover between lovers of verse and readers of the Gray Lady. According to my poet world contact, Ryan is an “unsentimental choice.” He [...]
