More than fifty years after its opening night, I Confess remains one of Hitchcock’s least popular films. Even upon its release, many believed the film did not live up to the standard Hitchcock set for himself with his acclaimed necrophilic drama Notorious (1946) and The 39 Steps (1935) which he directed at just 35 years…
The Oldest College Literary Magazine in the Nation
From November, 2015
Poetic Traditions on Twitter
I don’t think it would be wrong to say that most people, old and young, aren’t particularly enthralled by old poetry. Metric and stylistic traditions in poetry are things to fear. Too much work has to go into understanding the choices that inform the meaning of the poem. For a lot of people, high school…
Poetry, Prose, and Rock ’n Roll
Poets don’t usually open for rock shows. But Shea Stadium — no, not the real one, but a DIY venue in a warehouse in Brooklyn filled with Christmas lights and Mets logos — encourages the strange. So on a cold night in early October, poets Margaret Ross and Jenny Zhang and author Leslie Jamison took…