“Elegies & Laments on The Blend”: Ernest Hilbert and Producer/Musician Dave Young Interviewed by DJ/Host Keith Kelleher on WDIY, 80.1 FM
[0:00:00] Kelleher: On today’s “Blend” I have a few guests. We’d like to welcome poet Ernest Hilbert and musician Dave Young, who with help from fellow musician Marc Hildenberger and composer Christopher… Read More
How about a Franz Kafka Necklace? Or an Oscar Wilde Hairpin? And Let’s Not Forget Sylvia . . .
Support the art of writing and the craft of writers!… Read More
You Know Color Wheels? Yeah, Well Here’s a Beer Flavor Wheel
This is an excerpt from Mark Dredge's new book Craft Beer World, due out April 2013. Keep an eye out for it, beer nerds. … Read More
“AS IF WE’RE BORN FOR WAR AND IT FOR US”: FINE PRESS LIMITED EDITION OF ERNEST HILBERT’S “AGAINST THE ART OF WAR”
The press informs me that this hand-made, letterpress, collectible fine-art edition of my three-part poem "Against the Art of War" will likely sell out before its stated publication date of February 15th.… Read More
Listen to This: The Chromatics Deliver a Haunting Rendition of Neil Young’s “Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)”
This song was released early in 2012, but it is perfect for the start of 2013 as well. Listen, and enjoy!… Read More
“Unlikely Materials” by Dean Young
Strongly influenced by the New York School poets, and Surrealists such as Andre Breton, Young’s poetry is full of wild leaps of illogic, extravagant imagery, and mercurial shifts in tone. Using surrealist… Read More
E-Verse Atracted over 50,000 Individual Readers in November!
Thanks to everyone who stopped by! We're hoping to reach even more people in the new year. … Read More
“A Poet in Every Home”: and “Lend Us a Fiver?”: Monty Python’s Classic Poet Sketch
Thanks to Dr. Dan for reminding me of these. … Read More
Understanding Music, A Clever Animated Short
A lovely animated piece about music. … Read More
“That’s the Way I Like it, Baby, I Don’t Wanna Live Forever!”: All-Robot Band Compressorhead Performs “Ace of Spades” by Motorhead
Robots may be able to replace most of us, but Lemmy himself would cast them down with pure coolness. Thanks to Andrew for sending this one in.… Read More
Sorry Soda Lovers: Meet The Real Bears
Coca Cola will not like these bears at all. … Read More
Typing with Drums! MIDI Drum Keyboard
Find your office job a bit dull? Replace that ergonomic keyboard with a cool drum kit. … Read More
“No Art” by Ben Lerner
Lerner is the author of several full-length poetry collections, including Mean Free Path (2010) and Angle of Yaw (2006), which was a finalist for the National Book Award and the Northern California… Read More
Is That All? Books Read or Reread in 2012
Another year in books, burned to the wick. … Read More
Scary Short Film Inspires Director Guillermo Del Toro to Produce a Full-Length Feature, with an Introduction by Him
My brother sent this to me, and I'll admit it gave me the willies. Check it out. … Read More
“Black Hole Caught Red-Handed in a Stellar Homicide” and Other Top NASA Images of 2012
Makes you feel kinda small, doesn't it? … Read More
“You”: A Short Film by William Williamson, Starring Derek Jacobi
"This film is currently being developed as a series of broadcast films with production company Archer's Mark."… Read More
A.E. Stallings on PBS NewsHour’s Feature “Greek Poets Muse Austerity Measures”
"We have to guess when the riot's going to start." One of E-Verse's favorite poets, A.E. Stallings, is interviewed on PBS NewsHour, and explains that poetry readings are very well attended these… Read More
“Auld Lang Syne” by Robert Burns
Happy New Year and best wishes for a great 2013 from everyone at E-Verse!… Read More
“Decomposers and Producers” by The Great Unknown
"Decomposers and Producers," written and performed by The Great Unknown and the America SCORES students of PS 171, NYC (ALL lyrics written by the kids, arranged by & music by The Great… Read More
“Christmas Eve” by Anne Sexton
Oh sharp diamond, my mother! I could not count the cost of all your faces, your moods— that present that I lost. Sweet girl, my deathbed, my jewel-fingered lady, your portrait flickered… Read More
“Ummm, What Do You Know about Time Travel?”: A Funny Short Film by Zach Brisson
A funny short film about the dreaded consequences of having . . . roommates. … Read More
“Holiday Lunch” by Rick Mullin
Rick Mullin’s poetry has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, including American Arts Quarterly, Unsplendid, Méasŭre, The Flea, and Ep;phany. His epic poem Soutine, on the life of the painter Chaim Soutine, was… Read More
“Baby’s Arms” by Kurt Vile
The official music video for Kurt Vile's "Baby's Arms" from Smoke Ring For My Halo released on Matador Records. Directed and filmed by Todd Cole entirely on the Windows Phone.… Read More
“Merry Christmas, Everybody” by Slade
Some stomping British glam rock for Christmas. … Read More
“The Road to Nowhere” by Jan Schreiber
Jan Schreiber has published Digressions (Aliquando Press, Toronto), Wily Apparitions (Cummington Press, Omaha), and two books of translations. He was one of the founding editors of Canto: Review of the Arts.… Read More
“Toward the Winter Solstice” by Timothy Steele
Timothy Steele was born in 1948 in Burlington, Vermont. He received a B.A. in English in 1970 from Stanford University, followed by a Ph.D. in English and American Literature in 1977 from… Read More
“Sussex Carol” Performed by the Choir of New College Oxford
First published by Luke Wadding, a 17th-century Irish bishop, in a work called Small Garland of Pious and Godly Songs (1684). … Read More