Three Fates, Nine Muses
Visiting the Cradle of Democracy During the American Election Poetry of Everyday Life Blogpost #29 Most souls, on occasion, feel the need to embark
December 8, 2024
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These rivers are powerful. But so are we.
Poetry of Everyday Life Blogpost #28 Guest Blog: Kiran Singh Sirah Stories of Our Place The National Hurricane Center named the storm Helene. Despite the
October 3, 2024
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Grief Is a River that Has No Shore
Sharing Sorrow through Laments Poetry of Everyday Life Blogpost #27 Produced in collaboration with Voices: Journal of New York Folklore Edited by Martha Dahlen
August 30, 2024
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In Memory of Nellie Tanco
In Memory of Nelly Tanco We recently lost one of the premier voices of the Puerto Rican plena tradition. Nellie Tanco Ramos (1947-2024) embodied the
June 25, 2024
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“On the Mercy of Memories and the Lust for Meaning”*
Svetlana Alexievich’s Secondhand Time Holds Truths for Soviet Russia—and the US A Review and Reflections Poetry of Everyday Life Blogpost #26 Produced in collaboration
May 21, 2024
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Place Coins: Contemplating an Alternate Currency for the Value of Place
As preservationists, we sometimes speak metaphorically about “cultural capital” and “social currency.” But what if there were an actual currency of memory and meaning to prevent places with deep roots in a community to be sold or displaced. What if memories, associations, and values were transformed into units of meaningful exchange?
March 10, 2024
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Me and You and All of Us
Me and You and All of Us is a book review of a wonderful new book of poems and stories describing life in a Catskills community with its eccentric personalities along route 17.
December 28, 2023
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The New York City Subways Motorman’s Rant
Poetry of Everyday Life Blogpost #23 Guest Blog Featuring Torin Reid (authortorinreid.com) Produced in collaboration with Voices: Journal of New York Folklore Introduction
July 29, 2023
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The Best Book Group in New York
OK, maybe we’re not the “best book group” in all New York. But back in 2004, author Wayne Barrett nominated us to the Village Voice’s annual “Best Of” list, and so the name Best Book Group (BBG) stuck.
March 6, 2023
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