Ben Jonson, dramatist and poet, is the only person buried in an upright position in Westminster Abbey. Jonson always seemed to be poor, in spite of gifts from royalty, and he died in great poverty in ...

"In Bluestone’s poetry, the plays of Ben Jonson and the escapades of Harpo Marx go on forever,” says fellow poet Louis Simpson. “Whatever has happened must still be happening.” For Stephen Bluestone ...