“A glass of papaya juice / and back to work. My heart is in my / pocket, it is Poems by Pierre Reverdy.” – Frank O’Hara, “A Step Away From Them” I […]
Riffs On Writing With Gwendolyn Brooks
“I write my poems on scraps of paper because I want to carry them in my address book. I’m likely to read them at a moment’s notice.” – Gwendolyn Brooks, […]
11 Chicago Books You Should Read
“I say I’m from Chicago and / folks get excited. I mean, they / light up like they got gossip to tell.” – Taylor Byas, “You from ‘Chi-raq?’” First off, […]