David Lehman Because of an editing error, an obituary for the playwright
Kim Chadwick appeared in yesterday's paper. Ms. Chadwick did not die in
her home last Thursday. The cause of death was not pneumonia resulting
in cardiac arrest. Ms. Chadwick's daughter Esther did not discover the
body. Ms. Chadwick had written eleven plays, not eight. She had dropped
out of Bryn Mawr, not Smith, taken up with a musician named Pablo, not
a shipping tycoon named Tom, and favored quiet meditation and sewing rather
than boisterous games of Trivial Pursuit. from Corrections |
David Lehman's latest book of poems is "The Daily Mirror" (Scribner, 2000). His previous collections include "Valentine Place" and "Operation Memory." He is also the author of such nonfiction books as "The Last Avant-Garde" (about the New York School of Poets), "The Perfect Murder" (about detective stories and noir movies), and "Signs of the Times" (about an academic scandal for the ages). He initiated "The Best American Poetry" in 1988 and continues as the series editor of this annual anthology. With Star Black he is codirector of the KGB Bar poetry reading series in New York City, where he lives most of the time. |
David Lehman and John Ashbery, from the KGB BAR BOOK OF POEMS, photo Star Black |
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
These poems appeared in print in Boston Phoenix, Columbia, The Paris Review, the London Times Literary Supplement, American Letters & Commentary, Harper's, and The New Republic.
LINKS TO DAVID LEHMAN'S WORK ELSEWHERE ON THE WEB
David Lehman's Poetry on nerve.com
David Lehman on The Academy of American Poets (poets.org)
About David Lehman & the Daily Poem
David Lehman's Daily Poem Archive
August 15th by David Lehman (Slate)
Ode to Modern Art by David Lehman (Jacket #10)
The Mysterious Romance of Murder (Boston Review)
A Review of The Daily Mirror in the Cortland Review
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By David Lehman:
The Big Question (poets on poetry)
The Daily Mirror: A Journal in Poetry
The Last Avant-Garde: The Making of the New York School of Poets
The Perfect Murder: A Study in Detection
Edited by David Lehman:
Ecstatic Occasions, Expedient Forms