Good morning, friends! I’m delighted for poet Arne Weingart to answer interview questions from Chicago at Bacon today. He writes about God and despair, chicken and Sancerre, among other aspects of Life in the Time of Corona. You might have…
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We’re all thinking more about our trips to the grocery store, right? I made a quick trip to my local Kroger at 10 am yesterday, and though there weren’t many shoppers, I still felt – you know – concerned. The…
A poem can make you pause; a poem can make you laugh, or cry; a poem can encourage you loudly or brightly – or ever so quietly – to seize the day. I love this one by Arne Weingart… * …
Reading a novel can be just like daily life: you’re moving a million miles an hour. A great, suspenseful novel makes you want to sprint to the finish even if you’re enjoying the journey. Poetry – not so much. Poetry…
I read Arne Weingart’s new book of poetry in the bathtub: PERFECTION. Levitation for Agnostics seems meant for soaking and reflection. None of the poems are pretentious or tiresome, and though I would describe more of them as wistful than cheerful, they all…
Arne Weingart made quite an impression at his niece Sherrie Gordon Eisenman’s birthday party. “I have vivid and fond memories of Arne singing folk songs at my party in December of 1965. The playroom was full of wall to wall mattresses,…