Steve Poleskie/Then and Now

Steve Poleskie/Then and Now

Me, Mom, and Meritocracy   Stephen Poleskie Columnist There has been a lot of coverage in the media recently about parents who will do anything it takes, legal or not, to get their child into a top ranked school. I must confess that many years ago my mother used...
Roger Brooks/American Real — Interview

Roger Brooks/American Real — Interview

    Seeking Ultimate Fulfillment Getting real with Roger Brooks, founder of American Real   With Mike Foldes Managing Editor Roger, thanks for agreeing to an e-interview with Ragazine. I was introduced to the site during a conversation on a First Friday...

Baseball Fans Need to be Civil

Baseball Fans’ Behavior Strikes Out The following short essay was written several years ago… but bears a lesson worth repeating.  The Yankees’ loss Wednesday night to the Boston Red Sox was humiliating, but not nearly as humiliating as the behavior of the...
From the “The APNEA Poems”, by Bill Yarrow

From the “The APNEA Poems”, by Bill Yarrow

    The following selection is from the collection, “THE APNEA POEMS,” by Bill Yarrow.    EYES OFF THE ROAD One by one I lost my desires.  Dirty ambition left first. Knowledge raged but then it cooled.  Riches never had the hook very deep. ...
Brian Cullman on W. S. Merwin

Brian Cullman on W. S. Merwin

  W. S. Merwin: In memoriam   by Brian Cullman Contributing Writer   My parents had dinner with Robert Frost once. They said he stared at his lamb chops angrily, stopped, fixed his eyes on them, and then turned his attention back to his plate. And though it...