Poetry and Poets

Three Poets: The Tale of Gerd, Carl & Allen

Gerd Stern, who has died at 96, formed a lifelong bond with Allen Ginsberg and Carl Solomon. Ten years ago, he wrote about how they had met in a psychiatric hospital.

By MOSAEC

American Cheese Society Art Burroughs, William S Deaths (Obituaries) Ginsberg, Allen Leary, Timothy LSD (Lysergic Acid Diethylamide) Nineteen Hundred Sixties Poetry and Poets Stern, Gerd (1928-2025) USCO (Art Collective)

Gerd Stern, Beat Era Poet and Multimedia Artist, Dies at 96

An Aquarian Age savant, he was a founder of the artists’ collective USCO, which helped define the 1960s with psychedelic, sensory-overloading installations and performances.

By J. Hoberman

Brodsky, Joseph Poetry and Poets Travel and Vacations Venice (Italy) Writing and Writers

Venice in Winter, With a Poet as Our Guide

A writer and his daughter wander the ancient city at night, inspired by Joseph Brodsky, the Russian writer who loved the city in its cold, quiet season.

By Finn-Olaf Jones and Matteo de Mayda

Cloisters, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Opera Poetry and Poets Primero Sueno (Opera)

At the Cloisters, Sor Juana’s Words Ring Out in Song

The opera “Primero Sueño” translates Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz’s poem about the soul’s journey into a musical promenade around the Cloisters.

By Elisabeth Vincentelli