Emily

She liked to disappear,
even when she was
in the same room
as other people.

— Alice Hoffman, "The Red Garden"

Presenting

James Franco
is now
a poet,
don't you
know it.
Franco does it all.

Peabody

The Washington Post has a nice profile of the editor of Gargoyle, the magazine where my first poetry publication appeared. This is Richard Peabody

Facts

Even the poetry at The New Yorker gets fact-checked. From New York Observer.

Cool-looking authors No. 5

A classic. Truman Capote, author of "In Cold Blood," "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and "Answered Prayers"
(Photo by Carl Van Vechten)

Cool-looking authors No. 4

Toni Morrison, Nobel Prize for Literature recipient, novels include "Song of Solomon" and "Beloved"
(Photo by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders)

Cool-looking authors No. 3

Tama Janowitz, author of "Slaves of New York" and "A Cannibal in Manhattan" and member of the '80s Literary Brat Pack (ah, those were the days).
(Photo by Stephen Sprouse)

Cool-looking authors No. 2

Will Allison, author of "What You Have Left" and editor of Story magazine
(Photo by Lizzie Himmel)

Cool-looking authors No. 1

Benjamin Percy, author of short story collection "Refresh, Refresh" and novel "The Wilding"
(Photo by Jennifer May)

Hefty

Not only is this book 10,000 pages.
It's in one volume. 10,000 pages.
And it's a book of poetry.
Wow.

Smart

She was also
extremely
bright,

the only one
in town who
could write

a poem.

— Alice Hoffman, "The Red Garden"

Songs

She had a five-inch stack
of quarters next to her
drink, which she used
to bribe the jukebox
into taking her hostage
over and over.

— Jay Cantor, "Krazy Kat"

Dreams

They would never
appear in other
people's dreams,

and that was all
anyone dreamed
of anymore.

— Jay Cantor, "Krazy Kat"