Revenge, a Poem by Taha Muhammad Ali

3/30/2015

For some time Taha Muhammad Ali, a Palestinian from Jerusalem, has been my go-to poet for unexpected images and rare …

The Prison of Belief

3/27/2015

“Just because you believe it doesn’t make it true,” reads a bumper sticker I’ve recently seen. It’s not a popular …

3/20/2015

3/12/2015

Photography in this day of iPhone snaps and YouTube video is such a part of the fabric of the world …

3/10/2015

Ben Elton’s 2012 mystery, The First Casualty, is a fine combination of two popular literary genres: men at war and …

3/5/2015

Charles Simic, if known at all is usually known as a poet. Born in Belgrade, Serbia, then part of Yugoslavia, …