Mother's Eyes

His mother's eyes,
intimate but
untouchable,

were the blue
of great distances
after sunset.

— Flannery O'Connor short story "The Comforts of Home"

Calm

Even when

the wind

           blows,

the water

does not 

          ripple.

— Collin Kelley, novel "Conquering Venus"

Cool-looking authors No. 53

Benjamin Lytal, author of novel "A Map of Tulsa"

Photo by Annie Bourneuf

Prose poem

Many fine poets would
retain their power

even if their poems
were printed as prose:

the "poetry"
           is deep
                    down
in the language.

— Dan Chiasson, in his review of new poems from Carl Phillips (The New Yorker, April 15, 2013, issue)

Sense and Nonsense

Life makes no sense at all.
Neither does death.
But in a weird way
that I am now beginning
to understand, it all
makes perfect nonsense.

— Paul Jenkins, "DC Universe Presents" No. 4, February 2012

An Edge to Id

Waka modulates charisma
and id
like a great comedian,
giving
his money-and-mollies
routine a strident —
or achly silly —
edge.

— Nick Catucci's review of Waka Flocka Flame's new album "Du Flocka Rant 2" in the March 28, 2013, issue of Rolling Stone

Cool-looking authors No. 52

 Sherman Alexie, short story writer, poet, filmmaker and more.
"The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven," "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" and "Blasphemy"




Photographer unknown

Cool-looking authors No. 51

James Baldwin, novelist, poet, essayist and social critic

Stamp artist Thomas Blackshear II

Cool-looking authors No. 50

Collin Kelley, author of "The Venus Trilogy" novels, poet and Atlanta literary figure


Profile in today's Atlanta Journal-Constitution (click here for link).

Cool-looking authors No. 49

Rosecrans Baldwin, author of memoir "Paris, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down" and novel "You Lost Me There"

Photo by Susie Post-Rust