Michael Allyn Wells

Fascinating NPR story on the question,"If neuroscience could inform literature, could literature inform neuroscience?"  It was fou...

During the morning drive time I heard a piece on NPR about songwriter Annie Clark who uses the stage name St. Vincent. Speaking to NPR&...

Just returned from a brisk evening walk with MO (pictured left), the weather is so nice, I hope tomorrow is a xerox copy.   Earlier today I ...

For several weeks now I have been thinking about the future of the printed word as we know it.  As the weeks have gone by I have collected i...

Md. Police Listed Green Group As Terrorist : NPR : "Nation Md. Police Listed Green Group As Terrorist by Libby Lewis Audio for this sto...

Robert Redford Fights Global Warming With Poetry [ NPR ] He dismisses university writing programs as "multimillion-dollar Ponzi schem...

Jane Pupek had a link to a place for writer's gifts - her selection was "Will write for chocolate." I had to chuckle when I ...

Many Chinese families have left remaining housing in recent days for fear of anticipated aftershock from the big quake that hit a week ago. ...

Mood: lame Listening to: nothing Here we go again... another new reality show (barf). According to NPR the A & E network is airing a n...

Poetry fans gather for Ted Hughes's festival. On a sad note: The poet Rahim al-Maliki wrote about his dreams of Iraqi unity in a pla...

Woke up this morning to my wife reminding me not to miss New Letters ( a radio program produced locally and aired at 6am Sundays on our loc...

Happy 100th Anniversary to MacDowell Colony! Heard this story last night on NPR and thought others might enjoy it. Especially some of you wh...

I've started a new blog project to list the poets I am reading periodically and note observations about the work. You'll find the l...