Andrew Epstein

My new book -- "The Cambridge Introduction to American Poetry since 1945" -- has a cover! (It's Grace Hartigan's 1957 painting "Billboard"). The book should be out in December, and is now available for pre-order here): amazon.com/Cambridge-Intr…

@DavidAstinWalsh @dnharper I think about this all the time

@dnharper Yeah, it is pretty surreal to know that one's entire life trajectory is the result of an arbitrary decision made in a committee meeting years ago. I guess tenureds don't think about this much, but they should.

Sometimes I think about how the people who got the jobs I was a finalist for back in 2021 are associate professors now.

James Schuyler’s poems don’t propel you outward. They slow you down. Mae Losasso on why he’s the poet for our distracted moment. yalereview.org/article/james-…

@Tyler_A_Harper @brhodes Well, at least we will always (apparently) have Lutnick Library (I’m Haverford ‘92)

@brhodes He went to my very anti-war Quaker college. He’s been uber upset that they don’t invite him to speak on campus as our Most Richest Evil War-Alum.

The US and Israel killed the head of the regime at the start of the war and said it was about regime change.

@andfogle same

what a great time to be named "Andrew" + "Epstein" nytimes.com/live/2026/02/1…

I profiled Richard Hell for @PoetryFound. poetryfoundation.org/articles/17720…

Casey Wasserman is not the only music mogul in the files. Virgin Records founder Richard Branson has an extensive history with Epstein that is being downplayed by his spokespeople. Read the first comprehensive timeline of their relationship below: pastemagazine.com/music/epstein-…

Richard Hell's novel Godlike has been re-released by NYRB Classics. Andrew Holter spoke to Hell on his literary trajectory, inevitable Rimbaud and (Tom) Verlaine references (and other noms de plume), the New York School, and his fearlessness of influence. proteanmag.com/2026/02/13/ant…

@TomSnarsky least said, soonest mended

less said the better, John Ashbery

One of the best things anyone’s ever written about the band 🖤

in honor of heated rivalry making ‘i’ll believe in anything’ a sudden hit, i wrote this week’s time capsule essay on apologies to the queen mary. i love you wolf parade pastemagazine.com/music/wolf-par…

Wolf Parade’s Apologies to the Queen Mary keeps finding new people to haunt pastemagazine.com/?p=419380

Bob Weir, the singer, songwriter, guitarist and co-founder of the Grateful Dead who for decades was one of the driving forces behind the revered band and their legacy, has died at age 78 rollingstone.com/music/music-ne…

"the curators should have looked elsewhere for a way to understand the role of Surrealism in the American art of the 1960s.John Ashbery...wrote some suggestive words on Surrealism that have been too little noticed"- Barry Schwabsky on Surrealism @ Whitney thenation.com/article/cultur…

Exciting news on the home front!

“music criticism needs to be mean again” okay here you go. you’re welcome pastemagazine.com/music/worst-of…

wrote a lot about an album that means a lot to me pastemagazine.com/music/lisa-ger…

Between the anthems of the mid-’90s, Lisa Germano’s third album traced a quieter, more unsettling education in fear, compliance, and aftermath. pastemagazine.com/music/lisa-ger…

"New Year is nearly here and who, knowing himself, would endanger his desires resolving them in a formula?" -- James Schuyler, "Empathy and New Year" newyorkschoolpoets.wordpress.com/2014/01/01/jam…

@madelyndwsn My pleasure — it’s a great piece!

Insane, actually. Thank you!!!!!!!