Samizdat Blog

Back from Philadelphia, where I spent Christmas, and now in deep convalescence from a cold I picked up from my nephew (I don't know what...

I staggered free of the five-blog pile-on (see post below) and limped back up the stairs to my office. Closing the door and leaning against...

So there I was, a few days back, basking in the warm glow of Josh Corey’s kind words about my post on "Good Taste, Disinterest, and t...

"Working Progress, Working Title," John Matthias' poem about Hedy Lamarr, the invention of wireless and midi technology, Anth...

Alex Davis (whom I haven't seen since the MSA conference in Philadelphia in '99 — too long!) writes in from Cork about the war poet...

Mark Scroggins makes some interesting contributions/corrections/refinements to the ongoing discussion of war poetry prompted by Kevin Prufe...

So there I was, leafing through the New York Times Magazine , having scurried out early into the snow to get it before the lovely and talent...

A few days ago John Peck dropped me an email about my last post on Kevin Prufer's "Army Tales." He raises some interesting ...

Am I violating any copyright laws by reposting this poem from Poetry Daily ? I'm not sure. But Kevin Prufer is a poet I admire, and th...

Okay, I know that the most offensive thing in the following passage from the new White House plan for victory in the midterm elections (uh, ...

When I shuffle down my driveway Sunday mornings to pick up the newspaper Tony Soprano style (tee shirt, boxers, bathrobe, morning stubble an...