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Frank Lima (1939-2013)
Painting by Wynn Chamberlain—featuring Joe Brainard, Frank O’Hara, Joe LeSueur, and Frank Lima (standing) (1964) SEPTEMBER 18 by David Lehman Everything means something as the “countdown to the unknown” (Alan Greenspans’ phrase) continues for…
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The New Salon: Lucie Brock-Broido, in conversation with Charif Shanahan [by Rachel Lieff Axelbank]
photo (c) Timothy Liu There is no logical reason to believe that Lucie Brock-Broido’s first [public] reading in ten years was conceived and choreographed and carried out for the specific fulfillment of my own…
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Hump Day Highlights by Stacey Harwood
We're following the progress of Sandra Simonds' letter and Jenny Gropp Hess's petition to the Poetry Foundation asking for it to make more of a financial commitment to poets in need. You can follow…
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Have You Been to Berl’s? [by Shanna Compton]
On a road trip about a decade ago, my spouse and I pulled our rental car over just south of Kerby, Oregon, along the Redwood Highway. We made a U-turn. Nobody spoke for a…
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An Apprentice’s Tale: On Philip Levine [by Daniel Nester]
What follows is an adapted version of an essay I contributed to Coming Close: Forty Essays on Philip Levine, edited by Mari L'Esperance and Tomas Q. Morin and published by Prairie Lights Books earlier this…
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Poetry off the Shelf: Orlando Ricardo Menes & Dan Vera
Hey Chicago! Just a reminder: This Thursday, the Poetry Foundation will host two gifted Latino poets at its HQ for a reading, book signing, and reception: Dan Vera — author of Speaking Wiri Wiri, which won the inaugural Letras…
