Each month, in addition to topics each blogger wants to discuss, we are selecting one essay or remark for bloggers to respond to if they wish. This month some bloggers are reacting to “The Mystery of Vachel Lindsay” by T.R.Hummer in a recent issue of Slate. You may want to read, too.  We’ve marked these blogs [...]

Notes on Contributors CHAPTER AND VERSE LITERARY READING SERIES FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2012 at 7:30 pm Loring-Greenough House, 12 South Street, Jamaica Plain Centre (See parking note below)   Featuring: MARY BONINA’S newest poetry collection is Clear Eye Tea (Cervena Barva Press). She is the author of two chapbooks, Living Proof and Lunch in Chinatown, [...]

Notes on Contributors SOUTH OF BOSTON POETRY TRAIL VOL 2 NO   16 February  2012   READINGS   WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 1, @6:30PM POETS PATHWAY COFFEE MILANO 58 CENTER ST MIDDLEBORO FEATURE TAMMI NICK/OPEN-MIC MORE INFO: GAERLLWYD@AOL.COM     SATURDAY FEBRUARY 4, @ 1PM VISUAL INVERSE/ PAIRING POETRY AND ART 16 ORIGINAL PIECES OF ORIGINAL VISUAL ART [...]

Notes on Contributors Spoken word — from child’s play to a permanent place in the mind   Remember that childishly perverse jingle from elementary school: “I see London, I see France, I see so-and-so’s underpants”? That frivolous little chime started ringing in my head recently, perhaps because of two movements in our society. First is [...]