Memories of Jazz Nights
You needed stamina, but the payoff was great
By Phillip Lopate Friday, June 23, 2017
Remembering Cynthia Macdonald
Poet, teacher, opera singer, psychoanalyst, and friend
By Phillip Lopate Thursday, May 11, 2017
Baldwin the Prophet vs. Baldwin the Writer
Can a film really capture the essence of both?
By Phillip Lopate Friday, April 28, 2017
The Roads Not Taken
I coulda been a contender—as a cantor
By Phillip Lopate Friday, October 28, 2016
What Our Politicians Can’t Bring Themselves to Say
(And why the personal essay might help)
By Phillip Lopate Friday, October 21, 2016
