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And yet so many others said yes. It began earlier this year, when someone I respect and like reached out to me. Their offer? … Continue readingI Said No to $20,000 Because Writers Must Take a Moral Stand on AI
The beetle still stares from the riding moon, the ship of death stands motionless on frozen waves: I hear the silence of early morning rise from the rocks. … Continue readingPoem: Dawn
And the last of the species, Martha, named for Martha Washington, dies in a cage in 1914 at the Cincinnati Zoo. … Continue readingA Brief History of the Passenger Pigeon
My oldest friends are from the Bronx. A half-dozen of them, and all without any parents remaining. Me, still with a mother who… … Continue readingThe Specter and the Shadows
by Andrew Dean at Singularity Hub: Here are some lines Sylvia Plath never wrote: The air is thick with tension,My mind is a tangled mess,The weight of my emotionsIs heavy
How the classic film, made in the wake of the McCarthy-era Red-hunting trials, pitted director Elia Kazan against star Marlon Brando. … Continue readingMarlon Brando, Elia Kazan, and the Tumultuous Making of On the Waterfront
McNeal, the new play by Ayad Akhtar, who won the Pulitzer Prize for Disgraced, focuses on an egocentric, self-destructive… … Continue readingAyad Akhtar Wants Writers to Reckon with AI
I am the standing ovation At the end of the play. I am the retrospective Of my life as art. I am the hours Connected like dots. … Continue readingSaturday Poem: I’m Not Old
Findings suggest non-expert poetry readers who participated preferred AI works because they find them more straightforward and accessible. … Continue readingAI Poetry Rated Better Than Poems Written By Humans
Parveen Shakir, besides being the most prominent poetess of Pakistan, was also renowned for her academic merits par-excellence and civil services. … Continue readingAik Sab Aik Tarah Se Dr. Faustus Hain [We Are All Dr Faustus in a Way]
If I had just a bit of wisdom I should walk the Great Path and fear only straying from it. Though the way is broad People love shortcuts. … Continue readingThursday Poem: Just a Bit of Wisdom
He’s the awakener, the emancipator, a defector of the human race. He’s an artist. … Continue readingThe Artist | A Poem by Erik Rittenberry