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Share This Poem: “Bridges,” by Zara Raab.

by broadstreetmag on Apr 15, 2018 • No Comments

“With menacing metal jaws that arch and open above the river’s reedy throat …” We continue to celebrate National Poetry Month with this stunner from Zara Raab — a consideration of all a bridge might mean. We offer you a specially formatted broadside to download and print at home, or you can...

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April is for poetry cruel, kind, and revealing.

by broadstreetmag on Apr 12, 2018 • No Comments

We at BROAD STREET celebrate National Poetry Month as a favorite holiday, with an invitation to delve into some of the poems we’ve published in print and as online exclusives. You’ll find a sampling in our banner crawl; see many more under “Share This Poem.” Why not print out one...

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Share This Poem: “We Did It,” by Yehuda Amichai, translated by Robert Alter. From Issue 1.1, “Dangerous Territory.”

by broadstreetmag on Apr 11, 2018 • No Comments

Yehuda Amichai’s poem “We Did It” is among his best-known; it inspired Stuart Dybek’s wonderful and much-anthologized story “We Didn’t.” In Broad Street’s debut, Robert Alter, the renowned translator of Hebrew literature (including several books of the Bible), discusses how he worked to sharpen the language to more closely hew...

Culture / History / poetry

Share This Poem: “Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature,” by Joshua Poteat.

by broadstreetmag on Apr 10, 2018 • No Comments

“Faint-not: I will take the dark part of your heart into my heart…” Joshua Poteat’s somber dictionary, “Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature,” first appeared in our “Bedeviled” issue in fall 2015. Click on the broadside below to print a copy for yourself, or scroll down to read the full text without...

poetry / sex / women

Share This Poem: “Feminine Orders,” by Annie Persons.

by broadstreetmag on Apr 3, 2018 • No Comments

“inhale, exhale, gasp. … she runs from the room, comes back flushed and clutching a typed contract for me to sign, prone, bearing down on my stomach. I have not had sex for two months….” BROAD STREET kicks off National Poetry Month with a tribute to the spaces where verse connects...

creativity / illness / poetry / Writing

Online Exclusive: Celebrating the Poetry of Marylen Grigas.

by broadstreetmag on Mar 27, 2018 • No Comments

We at BROAD STREET were honored to publish some of the last work by beloved poet Marylen Grigas, who died in February 2017. Each one was illustrated by her niece, Riley McAlpine-Berthold, with whom Marylen had a remarkable collaborative relationship. We invite you to read about her struggles with cancer, the ironic...

Art / creativity / Culture / Interview / working

From Our Pages: “The Jaw Drops Each Time,” an interview with Daniel M. Krause, sculptor.

by broadstreetmag on Mar 16, 2018 • No Comments

“In all my art history classes, I had never read about a Western sculptor who had moved to China and let that culture influence his or her work. I wanted to be the first sculptor to do it.…” Going through models and maquettes in the studio, from ChinaDaily.com. Broad Street’s interview with...

loss / poetry

Share This Poem: “Accident,” by Christine Gelineau.

by broadstreetmag on Feb 28, 2018 • No Comments

“I too have confused what was just beginning with what had already reached its end…” BROAD STREET presents a poem by the indomitable Christine Gelineau, specially formatted as a broadside you can download and print. Christine’s full-length collections of poetry are Crave, Appetite for the Divine, and Remorseless Loyalty. “Accident” originally appeared in our...

dreams / loss / poetry

Share This Poem: “Death Dance to the Stars (A Dream),” by Stuart Gunter.

by broadstreetmag on Feb 16, 2018 • No Comments

“I am not meant to be here and I am dying on the way to my own funeral …” February weather may play tricks on us, and so (surprise!) can death. Your gift for the post-Valentine winding-down of our shortest month: this broadside featuring a remarkable poem by Stuart Gunter....

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Our Interview with Jeanette Winterson: “It’s Always Some Battle …”

by broadstreetmag on Jan 21, 2018 • No Comments

“I didn’t intend to write a memoir. I was on a personal search for my biological mother, which I hadn’t intended to do either. You know what it’s like, the big things in life you never plan: you micromanage everything, and then the big things come along, and you never...

creativity / Interview / poetry / truth / Writing

Truth Teller Spotlight: Lisa Dordal, poet.

by broadstreetmag on Jan 10, 2018 • No Comments

“I see my poetry as a place that allows me to be who I am, a place where my truth matters …” Lisa Dordal’s poem “Pretty Moon” is a well-loved entry in Broad Street’s online “Share This Poem” feature, and as of January 31, 2018, it’s an integral part of her...

History / poetry

Share This Poem: “Suitor,” by Ron Smith

by broadstreetmag on Jan 7, 2018 • No Comments

We are pleased to present a poem from our latest issue, “Maps & Legends.” Here Ron Smith imagines one of the most legendary courtships in American history. Whose courtship, you ask? Hint: Mount Vernon has requested a copy. “Suitor” is formatted as a broadside in two layouts. ...

childhood / Culture / family / memoir / travel

From Our Pages: “The River My Father Promised, a quest through fifty countries.” By Bea Chang.

by broadstreetmag on Oct 23, 2017 • No Comments

“I came home and I left, again and again, each time reminded of the sadness and disappointment of my own upbringing, the terrible lack of stories.” For Bea Chang, who contributed the memoir “The River My Father Promised” to our “Maps & Legends” print issue, life is — literally — a journey....

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From Our Pages: “Dale Flynn’s Blood,” memoir by D. J. Lee.

by broadstreetmag on Sep 27, 2017 • No Comments

Trouble next door. “I pushed away and we stood in the soft wet dirt of the shoulder, staring at one another. Suddenly, he lunged forward …” D. J. Lee’s searing memoir of bullying, aspiration, and teenaged hormones appeared in BROAD STREET’s “Bedeviled” issue in winter/spring 2015. It has been praised for...

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Share This Poem: “The Wind Telephone,” by Stuart Gunter.

by broadstreetmag on Jan 2, 2018 • No Comments

“The dial tone is silent and the ringing reaches up to the clouds …” Your gift for a wintry Friday: We are proud to present a broadside of Stuart Gunter’s haunting poem. Download the poem and decorate a lonely booth in your own home or garden. ********************************************************************************************************* Stuart Gunter‘s poems have been published...

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Truth Teller Spotlight: Bryant Mangum, belle-lettrist, scholar, storyteller.

by broadstreetmag on Dec 28, 2017 • No Comments

“I often wonder if I am violating the sanctity of the hearts of the writers I teach and write about when my research carries me into the details of their private lives …” Bryant Mangum sees himself mostly as a scholar — and he is in fact an eminent expert on F. Scott Fitzgerald in particular and the...

childhood / poetry / pop culture

Share This Poem: “Archeology,” by Jill Dery.

by broadstreetmag on Dec 18, 2017 • No Comments

“Late at night we’d waken— someone hooting, scotch glass clinking, hi fi needle at the end and rasping.” Welcome to a cocktail party hosted by poet Jill Dery’s parents, circa 1960. You can print out the broadside here–or scroll down to see the poem in plain format. May the spirit of Sinatra smile upon...

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From Our Pages: “Prix Fixe–the table next to yours,” by Thomas E. Kennedy.

by broadstreetmag on Dec 16, 2017 • No Comments

Strangers share Christmas dinner in a Copenhagen restaurant. “You hope you don’t look too much like a lonely old guy … There are good astri over this night, and the ruby is the most powerful gem in the universe.” Thomas E. Kennedy is an American expat who has lived in Copenhagen for more than thirty...

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“My Life in Pantyhose,” from Writers on the Job, by Susann Cokal.

by broadstreetmag on Dec 15, 2017 • No Comments

“I used to counsel young women never to do two things, or not to do them in conjunction: 1. learn to type; 2. buy pantyhose.” Could we talk to you about pantyhose? Or rather — could our editorial director, Susann Cokal, talk about them? Below, you’ll find the link to an essay about their storied past, their...

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