“Baby Missiles (Mile Marker)” by The War on Drugs
Kurt Vile's former band charges on. … Read More
“Another Elegy” by Jericho Brown
Jericho Brown worked as the speechwriter for the Mayor of New Orleans before receiving his PhD in Creative Writing and Literature from the University of Houston. He also holds an MFA from… Read More
“The Gardener” by The Tallest Man on Earth
Kristian Mattson AKA The Tallest Man on Earth performs his song The Gardener in the Swedish sunset. … Read More
“Camp Allamuchy” by Rick Mullin
"Rick Mullin's SOUTINE is a multilayered marvel of a book. Its two protagonists are the Jewish expressionist painter, Chaïm Soutine, and the author himself, also an artist, but one who has had… Read More
“Air that I Breathe” by The Hollies
No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound / Nothing to eat, no books to read . . . … Read More
How Much Water Is On Earth? Here’s a Visual
Thanks to Andrew for sending this one over. … Read More
Poet Quincy Lehr’s Band Black Statues Live at Arlene’s Grocery in NYC
Check out Black Statues, the band with America's third most dangerous poet on bass. … Read More
“Minotaur” by Joanna Pearson
Joanna Pearson's first collection of poetry, Oldest Mortal Myth (Story Line Press, 2012), won the 2012 Donald Justice Poetry Prize.… Read More
“Extranjero,” a Film by Daniel Lumb and Crinan Campbell
Sundance London Short Film Competition Winner.… Read More
“The Ghost Ship” by A.E. Stallings
A. (Alicia) E. Stallings was born in 1968. She grew up in Decatur, GA, and was educated at the University of Georgia and Oxford University in Classics. Her poetry has appeared in… Read More
“Not the Song, But After” by Nicholas Friedman
Nicholas Friedman’s poetry has appeared in several journals in the U.S., England, and Ireland. Newer work has appeared or is forthcoming in PN Review, American Arts Quarterly, The Sewanee Theological Review, Birmingham… Read More
“The Duel at Blood Creek” by Leo Burton
Vimeo Staff Pick Audience Choice Award DC Shorts Film Festival 2011 Audience Award Vancouver DSLR Film Festival 2010 Best Film Judges Choice Iron Mule Film Festival 2011… Read More
“Find” by Gerry Cambridge, from His New Book Notes for Lighting a Fire
". . . the best of [Cambridge’s poems]—many more than a handful—have a brand of slow, ruminative wisdom that sets him apart from most of his contemporaries. His poetry has something of… Read More
Full Service: Bethany Breaks Down the Services of One of the Greatest Pimps of All Time (OBVIOUSLY Not Safe for Children)
So recently, the book Full Service by Scotty Bowers was published. In it Bowers claims that from the mid-1940s until the 1980s, he was basically a pimp for the rich and famous… Read More
Cynthia Talks about (R)everse Mode
Do you secretly want to be a subversive street artist but worry about getting in trouble, check out this style: reverse graffiti. English artist Paul "Moose" Curtis came up with… Read More
Excerpt from “The King” by Ben Mazer in the Debut of The Battersea Review
BEN MAZER was born in 1964 in New York City. Lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Studied with Seamus Heaney and William Alfred at Harvard University. Studied with Christopher Ricks, Geoffrey Hill, and Archie… Read More
“It Was the Beginning of the Rout of Civilisation, of the Massacre of Mankind”: Check Out the Covers for EVERY Edition of War of the Worlds Ever Published
Perhaps you shouldn't judge a book by its cover. But you may judge its many covers!… Read More
Holy Death! Rancid Zombies! Holy Tendencies . . . Wait, What?: Heavy Metal Band Name Generator
What's your heavy metal band's name? … Read More
Nimoy and Hendrix? Sagan and Dalai Lama? HST and Depp? Pure Awesomeness
What happens when Cormac McCarthy and Werner Herzog hold a conversation about God, the Universe, and Everything? Man, to be an insignificant fly on that wall. . . … Read More
Help a Young Person Grow Up to Be a Professional Book Nerd: Send ‘Em to the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar!
More than 2000 students have graduated from the seminar since its inception, many of whom have gone on to become prominent members of the bookselling community.… Read More
“Sylvia’s Death” by Anne Sexton
"She drew her poems from a great depth in herself, and they continue to stir us...Her voice remains a distinctive one in American poetry of the past half century." - J.D. McClatchy… Read More
“Thoughts of a Solitary Farmhouse” by Franz Wright
Franz Wright's collections of poetry include: Wheeling Motel (Alfred A. Knopf, 2009); Earlier Poems (Random House, 2007); God's Silence (Alfred A. Knopf, 2006); Walking to Martha's Vineyard (Alfred A. Knopf, 2003) which… Read More
“Special Effects” by Lee Hall
A funny look at the use of "special effects" in video, music, and elsewhere in our lives. Thanks to Andrew for sending in. … Read More
“As Is” by Nicholas Friedman
Nicholas Friedman’s poetry has appeared in several journals in the U.S., England, and Ireland. Newer work has appeared or is forthcoming in PN Review, American Arts Quarterly, The Sewanee Theological Review, Birmingham… Read More
“Those are Livingstones, I Presume”: Cynthia Tells Us About Some Unusual Plants
The New York Botanical Gardens has such an array of unusual plants. One species that really intrigued me is something called "living stones" or very as they are scientifically known, … Read More
“Jules Verne” by Joel Allegretti
Joel Allegretti (www.joelallegretti.com) is the author of four collections of poetry: Europa/Nippon/New York: Poems/Not-Poems (Poets Wear Prada, 2012); Thrum (Poets Wear Prada, 2010); Father Silicon (The Poet’s Press, 2006), selected by The… Read More
“Customer Service” in the Rare Book “Business”: Ten Steps to Success!
Oh, so you want to buy one of my books, eh? Who do you think you are? Get outta here!… Read More
“Sonnet 96” by John Berryman
“We must travel in the direction of our fear.” ― John Berryman… Read More
“[In Colorado, In Oregon, upon]” by Joshua Beckman
Joshua Beckman was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and earned his BA from Hampshire College, where he studied poetry and the art of the book. He is the author of five books… Read More
“Wm. James Still, Drowned”: an Experimental Short Film by Judith Redding, Inspired by Ernest Hilbert’s Poem “William James Still,” from His Collection Sixty Sonnets (Not Safe for Children)
"Ernest Hilbert’s elegiac sonnet about a drowned relative provides a startling metaphor for this meditation on suicide. Initially, I considered a very literal interpretation of this sonnet, including putting an actor in… Read More