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Because you brought a new kind of love to me. . . [by David Lehman]
There’s an old French saying,“the whole of a man’s mysteryrests in his hat,” and if youtranslate it into Americanyou get Sinatra smokingand singing “Memories ofYou,” “I Thought About You,”“You Make Me Feel So Young,”and…
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The Year’s Greatest Typo [by David Lehman]
In Peter Carson's fine new translation of Tolstoy's "The Death of Ivan Ilych" (published by Liveright, together with Tolstoy's "Confession." in a single handsome volume), the eponymous hero writes, "I fell I'm fifteen years…
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David Remnick Salutes Roger Angell, Hall of Fame Scribe [by DL]
When managers Bobby Cox, Tony LaRussa, and Joe Torre are inducted into the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown next summer, the best baseball writer on the planet will also be celebrated. Click here for…
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A crucial flare in the dark: The National Poetry Series wants you!
Young writers, working mainly in deep private, even if they are in an MFA program, even if they have found their way to a coterie as some poets do, feel themselves when they are…
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On “Divine” by Kim Addonizio
Denise Duhamel picked Kim Addonizio's Divine for The Best American Poetry 2013. On composing Divine, Addonizio writes: “My brother once commented, ‘Now I get how writers work. You’re magpies.’ Which we both understood to…
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On “Stupid Sandwich” by Nathan Anderson
Guest editor Denise Duhamel picked Nathan Anderson's Stupid Sandwich for the Best American Poetry 2013. Of Stupid Sandwich, Anderson writes: “This poem started when a few lines (a shadowy echo of what would become…
