Bruce Smith’s new collection of poems is extraordinary and it’s out this month from University of Chicago Press. Devotions is Bruce’s sixth collection, his most recent being Songs For Two Voices and The Other Lover, which was a finalist for both the Pulitzer and the National Book Award. But let’s not forget about The Common Wages, his early work, which [...]
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Irish Blessing
March 17, 2011 – 2:17 pm
May the road rise to meet you, may the wind be always at your back, may the sun shine warm upon your face, may the rains fall soft upon your fields, and until we meet again may God hold you in the hollow of his hand. (Traditional Irish Blessing; origin unknown, although some attribute it [...]
Upper Crust
November 29, 2010 – 8:59 am
I am a cookbook junkie, so I was ecstatic when I saw that Tartine released a cookbook devoted entirely to bread. If you don’t know what Tartine is, it is arguably the best bakery in the United States. Martha Stewart waits on line for it when she is town. A friend once saw Hillary Clinton [...]
Alana Joblin Ain
October 6, 2010 – 4:11 pm
Alana Joblin Ain’s writing has appeared in The New York Times, Crab Orchard Review, Quarterly West, RealPoetik, Women’s Collaborative Circles, and The Journal of Jewish Communal Service. Alana resides in Brooklyn, NY, and teaches creative writing and literature at Hunter College, where she earned her MFA in poetry. Image, Cut Map On Paper: Pollinate, by [...]
Cosmos at Brooklyn Bridge Park
September 11, 2010 – 3:54 pm
I know the summer is basically over, but while you still can, seeing a movie outdoors is one of the nicest things to do. Screened at Brooklyn Bridge Park, the new nice addition to D.U.M.B.O and the only new park in Brooklyn in a gazillion years, the Emmy Award-winning PBS television series Cosmos, based on [...]
The Subject Was Roses
April 21, 2010 – 7:31 am
On Sunday, The Pearl Theatre Company unveiled the final show of its 2009-2010 season: Frank D. Gilroy’s deceptively deep The Subject Was Roses, which garnered the Pulitzer Prize in 1965. Wearing the uniform of the classic American family drama, Roses centers around the homecoming of John and Nettie Cleary’s veteran son, Timmy. Yet, the play [...]
OneStory Mentorship
March 8, 2010 – 4:16 pm
OneStory, a wonderful publication that mails out one carefully chosen story every three weeks has just launched an editor mentorship program. For twenty-five bucks, you can sit down with one of the editors, who will have already read your work and will give you feedback as to how to make your story one of the [...]
