Matthew Lippman Q&A on reading his work aloud when he writes
Matthew Lippman on reading his work aloud when he writes.
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Matthew Lippman Q&A with advice to young writers
Matthew Lippman offers advice to young writers.
Matthew Lippman Q&A on the genesis of “Like Lizards”
Matthew Lippman talks about the genesis of his poem “Like Lizards.”
Matthew Lippman Q&A on the literary value of the spoken word
Matthew Lippman talks about the literary value of the spoken word.
Mama’s Work
Mama tucked the coffee can between her wrist and hip and walked down Dry Creek Road. Her eyes lined-up, blush and lipstick, her Levi shorts cut above the thigh. And what it was to see those farmers cutting down wheat, side-glancing mama, barefoot and brown. Sometimes it’s flour, sometimes money when she empties the can. […]
The Carnival
I studied every ride on the midway— watched them groan, twirling light into blur, the Ferris wheel’s last passengers pointing out from their seats to town’s end. These monuments that have risen […]
Firecracker
A row of glistening kids stood under the pool lamp, gazing through the fence links as one of the witnesses, beer coolie in hand flyswatter in the other, reported to the cops that guilty boys had scattered. I saw them, belly first, feet slapping the sidewalk running through the breezeway. And when the cops, […]
Eating Against a Wall
She rolled out the bamboo mat near a brick wall as her husband hoisted a gallon milk jug to his lips […]