AEDNAN ~

 

R E A D   M E

   Knopf 2024

RONALD BAATZ ~

 

Their ashes

where my father used to kneel

planting

where my mother used to bend

picking

As she puts

water on for tea

from my own pile

of bones and ashes

I reassess hers

In a crowded mountain bus

the endlessly monotonous

talk about Buddhist scriptures

when all I want to listen to

are the wheels on the road

The degrees to which

the closed fairgrounds

brings in even more

spellbinding beauty

to the sunset

In early spring mist

my lover floats across fields

from one dream

of sweet grass

to another

Our old

peacefully

decaying bodies

talking to children

selling lemonade

For anyone who sings

by a small window

in a small room

in the depths of

dying light

In the bedroom

sweeping up popcorn

from the night before

I see the hopeful eyes

of birds in the window

_____________________________

Ronald Baatz

One Oblivious Orange Fish

Black Fig Press, 2026

THE INCREDIBLE STRING BAND TONIGHT ~

 

HAN KANG ~

 

A Very Small Snowflake 

A very small snowflake, you

As if dancing

As if slowly dancing, approach

My face

Instead of falling straight down like all the other snowflakes

Somehow, you spread your wings toward my face

But where did you get to, after that?

I never saw you again.

___________________

Han Kang

from The New Yorker, Feb 16, 2026

translated from the Korean by Maya West

JOHN HAMMOND SINGS TOM WAITS ~

 

   Wicked Grin

      March 13, 2001

TONI MORRISON AT PRINCETON ~

 

R E A D   M E

   Knopf 2026

HORACE SILVER TONIGHT ~

 

Horace Silver – piano.... Donald Byrd – trumpet (# 1, 3-6 & 8-10).... Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone (# 1, 3-6 & 8).... Junior Cook – tenor saxophone (# 9 & 10).... Doug Watkins – bass (# 1-8).... Gene Taylor – bass (# 9 & 10).... Louis Hayes – drums.... Bill Henderson – vocals (#10).... ...................................................................... 1. "Cool Eyes" 5:55 2. "Shirl" 4:16 3. "Camouflage" 4:25 4. "Enchantment" 6:22 5. "Señor Blues" 7:01 6. "Virgo" 5:49 7. "For Heaven's Sake" 5:09 8. "Señor Blues" (Alternative take) 6:38 9. "Tippin'" 6:12 10. "Señor Blues" (Vocal version) 6:14 ...................................................................... Recorded - November 10, 1956 (#1-8), June 15, 1958 (#9-10) Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack

DON WINSLOW'S THE FINAL SCORE ~

 

R E A D   M E

     William Morrow 2025

RAMBLIN' JACK ELLIOTT TONIGHT ~

 

℗ 1995 Red House Records Inc

JOSE KOZER ~

 

Mercurial Motion

Ineffable

translucent

white

becomes

a

baroque

pearl

(alone)

in

the

mirror

as

she

fastens

the

platinum

necklace

an

anniversary

present

behind

her:

it

regains

transparency

a

primary

consition

of

Li

Ching

Chao's

naked

nipples.

I

raise

Chinese

mamoncillos

to

my

mouth,

bite

rind

(nipple)

suck

white

viscous

(nipple)

fruit

I

eat

three

meals

(not

certainly

in

sequence)

three

meals

three

languages:

shark

fin

soup.

Sliced

papaya

(drops

of

lime

juice).

Herring

in

brine

with

dill

and

onion.

I

fasten

(unfasten)

Li 

Ching

Chao's

necklace

three

times

a

day

(at

night

three

candles)

(printed

kimono

thrown

on

the

floor)

(slow

caterpillar

progress).

Wandering.

Reverberation.

I

receive

the

immanent

grace

of

Guadalupe

(Li

Ching

Chao)

turned

aside

the

middle

distance

the

(second)

condition

of

primordial

mercury:

transfixed

I'm

aware

(transcribe

it

here)

that

I've

left

on

the

beloved's

neck

the

(third)

trace

of

waterlily

(duckweed)

its

(snow-white)

skin

efflorescence

of

fish.

_________________________

Jose Kozer

translated from Spanish by Mark Weiss

REAL ESTATE THE WEE SMALL HOURS RIGHT NOW ~

 

℗ 2025 Domino Recording Co Ltd

TRUTH ~

 

Democracy NOW!

10 March 2026

JOHN CHEEVER ~

 

R E A D   M E

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