Death to the either/or proposition!
"I'm a serious composer, but I'm working at a time when audiences no longer assume strong and exclusive allegiances to one musical style.  The significant thing isn't what's happening to me, it's what's happening to audiences." -- Philip Glass, ca. 1979 "I think the dividing line between establishment and non-establishment is breaking down.... The underground or any movement is no

On being thankful...

To be or not to be... a modernist?
The big debate in Am Po at the moment is...  whether Edwin Arlington Robinson is a modernist or not??

What is American poetry?
The only definition of American poetry that will stick is that it's poetry by Americans. * All this baloney about the supposedly new, improved, more interesting National Book Awards has sent me back to my basement whole to read books and not hype, listen to music, and tune it all out.  Lo and behold (as Dylan sang)...  there are other art forms that do not require ideological posturing to advance, an

Ekphrasis is dead, yadda yadda
The Cherry Tree When I first asked the groundskeeper about picking fruit, a lascivious grin crossed his face. I noticed that many of his teeth were missing, and wondered