“First Warm Morning, Amsterdam Avenue” was first published in the September 2, 2013 issue of The New Yorker. Please click here for the website, though it is available only for subcribers. Betsy “First Warm Morning, Amsterdam Avenue,” by Marcus Jackson, shows courage. First of all, Jackson is writing in a completely accessible style, not necessarily the
I’m excited to be reviewing one of the first books from a publisher that just set up shop in 2012: New Vessel Press (you can check out their webpage here). Their mission is to publish books in translation from all over the world, and I think they’re already doing an excellent job for bringing us Pedro
Here’s Betsy with more poetry from The New Yorker. This time, she discusses Linda Kunhardt’s “Lola’s Secret Potion,” first published in the August 26, 2013 issue of The New Yorker. This poem is only available for subscribers. Click here for the abstract. Betsy Linda Kunhardt’s “Lola’s Secret Potion” resists the reader. I found it difficult to feel part
This poem is available only for subscribers. Click here for the abstract. Famed, acclaimed, 86-year-old poet John Ashbery has a new poem in this week’s issue of The New Yorker: “Gravy for the Prisoners.” Ashbery doesn’t mess around: the reader knows from the strange title that there will be cross currents in the poem. Why would prisoners
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