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Essay Books
Walking Woodstock
Journeys into the Wild Heart of America’s Most Famous Small Town
by Michael Perkins
and Will Nixon
Illustrated by Carol Zaloom #1 Paperback Bestseller of 2009, Golden Notebook, Woodstock, NY$18.95 
Poetry Books
Love in the City of Grudges
Poems by Will Nixon
Illustrated by Carol Zaloom$16.00
My Late Mother as a Ruffed Grouse
Poems by Will Nixon
Illustrated by Carol Zaloom$16.00 Poetry Books
Love in the City of Grudges
Poems by Will Nixon
Illustrated by Carol Zaloom$16.00 Poetry Books
My Late Mother as a Ruffed Grouse
Poems by Will Nixon
Illustrated by Carol Zaloom$16.00
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Walt Whitman, an American, One of the Roughs, a Kosmos
(In 2003 The Country and Abroad published this appreciation. Though we no have Laura Bush to kick around, we will always have Whitman.) I teach straying from me, yet who can stray from me? I follow you whoever you are … Continue reading
The Unabomber and the Poet
Fortunately, I don’t suffer from fears of serial killers. They come and they go from the news without my learning their names. But years ago one did fascinate me, that rare case covered by The Nation as well as the … Continue reading
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Tagged A Dream Named You, cabin, David Kacynski, Dostoevsky, Sacrifice, Theodore Kaczynski, Thomas Pynchon, Unabomb Manifesto, Unabomber, Walking Woodstock
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Hudson Gorge Panorama: Hiking Breakneck Ridge
(Here’s an expanded version of “Hudson Gorge Panorama: Hiking Breakneck Ridge,” the cover story for the July/August 2011 issue of Adirondac, published by the Adirondack Mountain Club.) Twenty years ago, when I lived on East 47th Street in a six … Continue reading
Why We Climb Mountains (The View in 1843)
The world has changed—and it hasn’t. Here’s a statement about the value of climbing the Catskills made by Park Benjamin in 1843, which I found in Picturesque Ulster. “’Tis pleasant for awhile to leave the heated pavements and the garbaged … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary
Tagged 1843, Catskill Mountains, history of mountain climbing, Park Benjamin, Picturesque Ulster
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The Most Magnificent Fliers of All: Turkey Vultures
Reading a description of turkey vultures in an old natural history book inspired me to write one of my favorite poems. (Unless you prefer Sparrow’s version.) Trespassing at the Leap –Platte Clove, Catskills The sign said, “Strictly Forbidden.” I stepped … Continue reading
Blood Brothers: A Poem Inspired by a Werewolf Double Feature
Blood Brothers Remember the werewolf double feature at the old porno theater on upper Broadway? The seats had no room for our knees; sticky paint covered gum barnacles. We howled at the full moon slipping free of bruised clouds, then … Continue reading
A Poem for the New York Knicks of my Childhood
Twenty-One Such a bruising game, driveway basketball: hip-checking allowed against the garage, rose thorns stealing the dribble down the left side, crazy ricochets off the low eves, no out-of-bounds except the tomatoes. To win, you risked scraped knees, black eyes, … Continue reading
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Tagged driveway basketball, Jeremy Lin, New York Knicks poem, Twenty One
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Why Poets Love Walt Whitman
(In their introduction to an anthology of 100 poems, Visiting Walt: Poems Inspired by the Life & Work of Walt Whitman, the editors, Sheila Coghill and Thom Tammaro, explain his enduring appeal. Here’s an excerpt.) 1865. Leaves of Grass. Has … Continue reading →