Hayden Carruth first published a poem in 1946, and his poetry, essays, and anthologies now approach forty volumes with no sign of abatement. He has, moreover, by his own estimate written several thousand pieces for newspapers, magazines, and anthologies....

Hayden Carruth has been an important figure in American poetry since the late 1940s. His numerous collections of verse certainly identify him as one of the country's most prolific writers, and James Wright calls him "one of the finest poets now at work i...

Low life During the Queen's speech last Christmas Day the dazzlingly beautiful, inarticulate little girl who was acting as Father Christmas presented me with a parcel from under the tree. Keeping one eye on Her Majesty, I unwrapped it. It was a paperback....

I had the pleasure of working with three Fords: Henry I, Edsel, and Henry II, however I was an apprentice to the first and worked closely with his engineers and skilled tradesmen. Because of this relationship, I became acquainted with Ford's mentor, Thomas Edison,...

After grinding hard for over a decade in the hip hop game, the Memphis, Tennessee-bred Three 6 Mafia are just days away from becoming the first rap group to ever perform at the Oscar’s (March 5th, 2006), but they still can’t fathom it. “We...

The anonymous team set to conduct Kentucky's first execution in eight years practices every month in a never-used chamber, doing everything from strapping someone to the table to pushing the lethal three-drug cocktail through IVs dripping into a pitcher.What the monthly practices do not include,...