Calvin Trillin says his Chinese food poem is satire. Here’s why I believe him. April 7, 2016 More than 9 years ago. Writer Calvin Trillin in his Greenwich Village brownstone in 2006.

Calvin Trillin, author most recently of Obliviously On He Sailed: The Bush Administration in Rhyme, has been contributing poems this week based on events at the Democratic National Convention. His ...

Calvin Trillin wrote a poem about Chinese food in the April 4 issue of the New Yorker that made the Internet mad. In the poem, Trillin satirizes food trend chasers, in this case name-checking ...

But those are among the responses that have met “Have They Run Out of Provinces Yet?,” a poem by literary graybeard Calvin Trillin published in that magazine of magazines this week.The 28-line ...

Has Calvin Trillin written a poem utilizing the syllable “Cruz” yet? Request here. — Joyce Carol Oates (@JoyceCarolOates) April 6, 2016 . Pete Wells gave it a different read: ...

With some help from Roz Chast, Calvin Trillin is aiming his next jokes at a younger audience. The 80-year-old author, journalist and humorist has a deal with Scholastic for “No Fair! No Fair!

Selected Poems of Calvin C. Hernton Calvin C. Hernton, edited by David Grundy and Lauri Scheyer. Wesleyan Univ, $24.95 (256p) ISBN 978-0-8195-0036-6 ...

Writer Calvin Trillin is crafting small poems about the proceedings of the Democratic National Convention each day this week. Today, he takes stock of Teresa Heinz Kerry, John Kerry's wife.