The Best American Poetry

Patricia Carlin presents a poem by Thomas Fink

Best American Poetry — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:02:00 PST

Hello, dear readers. I’m Patricia Carlin, and I’m very happy to be your new Sunday editor. I co-edit Barrow Street, a biannual poetry journal, and I’m also a poet (as are most editors of poetry journals). Barrow Street publishes work...

Tina Kelly, Guest Blogger November 15-20

Best American Poetry — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:42:56 PST

This week we welcome Tina Kelly as our guest blogger. Tina Kelley is a reporter at the The New York Times, where she runs a new blog for Maplewood, Millburn and South Orange, New Jersey. Her first book of poems,...

Hannah and Her Sisters [by Tom Healy]

Tom Healy — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:13:18 PST

It so happened: a group of us were having dinner in Miami last night, sitting on a dock on one of the islands in the shallows of Biscayne Bay. We had wine and a cool breeze and we were doing...

Mad Men: Was This a Great Season? [by Ken Tucker]

Best American Poetry — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:58:47 PST

Mad Men: Was This a Great Season? Why are there going to be rave reviews of the season finale of Mad Men festooning the internet today? Because MM creator Matthew Weiner gave his fans what they’ve been dying for all...

"Slippage" (by Patricia Carlin)

Best American Poetry — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:01:00 PST

Patricia Carlin of Barrow Street will be our new Sunday poetry editor succeeding William Waltz of Conduit in that position. We invite readers to review the choices made by our previous Sunday editors -- Bruce Covey, Judith Hall, Ed Ochester,...

Mystery pipes [by Tom Healy]

Tom Healy — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:43:57 PST

It's 76 degrees in Miami and the sun is in that last burst of brightness going down. I got off the plane in sunglasses listening to my new obsession, the great blind sax man Roland Kirk, master of circular breathing...

A Little Epiphany (by Nin Andrews)

Best American Poetry — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:26:00 PST

I've been traveling lately, giving readings and meeting new people. Which means I am tired a lot, so tired, I sometimes feel as if there's someone else traveling and giving the readings. Meanwhile the real me is out of her...

Manna Not the Maid [by Tom Healy]

Tom Healy — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:42:58 PST

Before I pushed the pause button on this blog yesterday—to share a Veterans Day sign of peace—you may remember I was fantasizing about hustling Johannes Vermeer, the Sphinx of Delft, into the small elevator at the back of the Metropolitan...

Grace Kelly: Born to Be Aphrodite [by Stephanie Brown]

Best American Poetry — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:17:00 PST

Born on this day in 1929, Grace Patricia Kelly, iconic American star and Princess of Monaco, remains the ne plus ultra of the beautiful woman, exuding an effortless femininity, grace, charm, and self-confidence. With her regal mien, she became a...

Dick Katz Memorial Broadcast WKCR radio, Thursday, Nov 12, from 5 am - 9 pm. 89.9 FM in New York, or Streaming on wkcr.org

Best American Poetry — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:31:38 PST

painting by Suzanne Cerny We were sad to learn that our dear friend, pianist extraordinaire Dick Katz, died on Tuesday at the age of 85. If you've listened to classic jazz, you've heard Dick Katz at the piano. Over the...