Berfrois

Jackson Pollack

‘In the mythology of the New York school and the advent of abstract expressionism this was a freeze-frame moment. Pollock the contender was sticking it to Gorky…’

Book excerpt: ‘Awakening Joy’ by James Baraz and Shoshana Alexander
Podcast: Jerrold Levinson on Music and Eros
Slideshow: Famous Literary Drunks and Addicts
Short story: ‘Appetite’ by Saïd Sayrafiezadeh
Poetry podcast: Lesley Wheeler reads her poem Oral Culture
Photo essay: The Shooting War