Poetry

José Saramago, 1922 – 2010

Some people spend their entire lives reading but never get beyond reading the words on the page, they don't understand…

14 years ago

Sergio Leone | The Surrealist Western

Sur·re·al·ism: the principles, ideals, or practice of producing fantastic or incongruous imagery or effects in art, literature, film, or theater…

14 years ago

William Carlos Williams | This Is Just To Say

This Is Just To Say I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox and which you were probably…

14 years ago

Washington, DC | Lincoln Memorial

Offutt talked big about Lincoln as a wrestler and Bill Clary, who ran a saloon 30 steps north of the…

14 years ago

Terry Richardson | Jim Carroll

Excerpt from The Basketball Diaries: Summer 65: Fucked up yesterday, lost our last game in the summer 15-and-under league up…

14 years ago

Henri Cartier-Bresson | Ezra Pound

Martine Franck, Cartier-Bresson's widow, accompanied her husband to just one — probably atypical — portrait session, that of the poet…

14 years ago

Richard Avedon | Ezra Pound

Either move or be moved. -Ezra Pound And New York is the most beautiful city in the world? It is…

14 years ago

Li Po | Listening to a Flute in Yellow Crane Pavillion

I came here a wanderer thinking of home, remembering my far away Ch'ang-an. And then, from deep in Yellow Crane…

15 years ago

October™ | Central Park

This past Sunday was that legendary, perfect autumn day, impossibly sublime, crisp air, music in your ears, face full of…

15 years ago

Raymond Carver | Loafing

Loafing I looked into the room a moment ago, and this is what I saw— my chair in its place…

15 years ago