Literary magazines live! In print (Local Knowledge 2) and online (Talisman 43). Both new issues include work by both Basil King and Martha King. Rarely together in print if frequently together day by day. They include more of Basil’s “Learning to … Read More
November 6 at 6:30. Basil will read from his new book, The Spoken Word/The Painted Hand (Marsh Hawk Press, 20l4*) and his old friend Hettie Jones will read some of her not-yet published short fictions. They are both being presented … Read More
Hetty arrived in mid-summer. Basil’s parents had taken our daughter Mallory out to Long Island where Esther (her grandmother) and some of her relatives could dote on Mallory while we waited on Second Avenue to deliver her sib. We two … Read More
Two words: quiet and intense. Martha read from memoir about moving to New York in 1957—and finding a place where Baz could paint and they could live for $50 a month. Down at the bottom of Manhattan Island, a block … Read More
NEWS: June 19, 2013. Mark Lamoureux and Rachel Chatalbash are hosting a screening of the film, “Basil King: MIRAGE” and the video of the conversation between Basil and George Quasha, “Art is Not Natural,” at 7:30 PM in their … Read More
Looking for complementary photos for my chapbook “Seventy Years Ago in the South” – to come soon in Michael Rothenberg’s wonderful BIG BRIDGE online – I found that ole Google has the entire archive of Life magazines on line, free. … Read More
He used to be in my grandmother Aggie’s dining room. He sat in the dark on a heavy mahogany sideboard. There was enough light for me to see holes that lead inside. They frightened me, or he did. He was … Read More
The other Martha King died more than a year ago. But because she was a skilled and frequently published translator and editor of writings by Italian women, she will continue to be the “other Martha King.” Information about her books … Read More